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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-956.511205
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-956.511205
Nuclear repulsion energy126.419324
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 LSDA/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 3206 3158 1.55      
2 A1 771 759 5.62      
3 A1 315 310 0.17      
4 B1 206i 203i 68.83      
5 B2 1211 1193 40.43      
6 B2 946 932 168.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3121.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3074.5 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
1.63626 0.11182 0.10467

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.663
H2 0.000 0.000 1.752
Cl3 0.000 1.468 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.468 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08961.68721.6872
H21.08962.41782.4178
Cl31.68722.41782.9364
Cl41.68722.41782.9364

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 119.521 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.957
Cl4 C1 H2 119.521
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.446      
2 H 0.249      
3 Cl 0.098      
4 Cl 0.098      


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 0.839 0.839
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.315 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.967 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.300
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.182 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.159 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.341
Polar
3z2-r24.682
x2-y2-1.348
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.491 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.615 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.549


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.237
(<r2>)1/2 9.962

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-956.511315
Energy at 298.15K-956.511922
HF Energy-956.511315
Nuclear repulsion energy126.360554
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 LSDA/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' 3188 3140 1.02      
2 A' 772 760 7.43      
3 A' 327 322 14.25      
4 A' 270 266 40.18      
5 A" 1212 1194 36.86      
6 A" 932 918 179.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3350.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3300.1 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
1.61286 0.11203 0.10485

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.008 0.673 0.000
H2 -0.324 1.712 0.000
Cl3 0.008 -0.169 1.466
Cl4 0.008 -0.169 -1.466

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09101.69111.6911
H21.09102.40852.4085
Cl31.69112.40852.9329
Cl41.69112.40852.9329

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 118.323 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.263
Cl4 C1 H2 118.323
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.435      
2 H 0.246      
3 Cl 0.094      
4 Cl 0.094      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.389 0.793 0.000 0.883
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.171 -0.757 0.000
y -0.757 -29.524 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.026
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.896 -0.757 0.000
y -0.757 2.074 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.179
Polar
3z2-r2-0.357
x2-y2-2.647
xy-0.757
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.523 -0.039 0.000
y -0.039 4.574 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.656


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.150
(<r2>)1/2 9.957