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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2 (dichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2V 2B1
1 2 yes CS 2A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.919080
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.919080
Nuclear repulsion energy125.526098
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3287 3156 0.40      
2 A1 762 732 8.86      
3 A1 316 303 0.29      
4 B1 320i 307i 58.51      
5 B2 1256 1206 51.77      
6 B2 934 897 168.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3117.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2992.9 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
1.62191 0.11007 0.10308

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.668
H2 0.000 0.000 1.748
Cl3 0.000 1.480 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.480 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08001.70041.7004
H21.08002.42222.4222
Cl31.70042.42222.9596
Cl41.70042.42222.9596

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 119.511 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.978
Cl4 C1 H2 119.511
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.407      
2 H 0.237      
3 Cl 0.085      
4 Cl 0.085      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 0.983 0.983
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.062 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.155 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.997
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.986 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.625 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.611
Polar
3z2-r25.222
x2-y2-0.907
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.278 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.169 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.326


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.364
(<r2>)1/2 10.018

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.919567
Energy at 298.15K-958.920325
HF Energy-958.919567
Nuclear repulsion energy125.396321
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3254 3124 0.85      
2 A' 766 735 13.21      
3 A' 433 416 32.48      
4 A' 308 296 1.37      
5 A" 1261 1211 45.02      
6 A" 908 872 189.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3464.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3326.4 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
1.58004 0.11039 0.10336

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.687 0.000
H2 -0.436 1.673 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.477
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08261.70791.7079
H21.08262.40422.4042
Cl31.70792.40422.9540
Cl41.70792.40422.9540

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 117.216 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.722
Cl4 C1 H2 117.216
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.386      
2 H 0.231      
3 Cl 0.077      
4 Cl 0.077      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.484 0.909 0.000 1.030
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.814 -0.912 0.000
y -0.912 -29.379 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.282
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.484 -0.912 0.000
y -0.912 2.169 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.685
Polar
3z2-r2-1.371
x2-y2-2.435
xy-0.912
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.341 -0.082 0.000
y -0.082 4.358 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.245


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.238
(<r2>)1/2 10.012