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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.718177
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.584768
Nuclear repulsion energy124.970697
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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ
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 3290 3153 0.24      
2 A1 757 725 10.52      
3 A1 310 297 0.39      
4 B1 421i 404i 49.97      
5 B2 1228 1177 54.25      
6 B2 930 891 151.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3046.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2919.8 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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.58924 0.10937 0.10233

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.676
H2 0.000 0.000 1.762
Cl3 0.000 1.485 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.485 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08631.70921.7092
H21.08632.43762.4376
Cl31.70922.43762.9691
Cl41.70922.43762.9691

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 119.707 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.587
Cl4 C1 H2 119.707
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.719446
Energy at 298.15K-958.720280
HF Energy-958.586042
Nuclear repulsion energy124.774647
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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ
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' 3241 3107 1.89      
2 A' 764 733 17.10      
3 A' 536 514 21.51      
4 A' 305 292 0.39      
5 A" 1232 1181 42.40      
6 A" 892 855 181.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3484.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3340.1 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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.52741 0.10986 0.10276

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.704 0.000
H2 -0.528 1.651 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.173 1.480
Cl4 0.013 -0.173 -1.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09041.72061.7206
H21.09042.41052.4105
Cl31.72062.41052.9604
Cl41.72062.41052.9604

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 116.278 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.690
Cl4 C1 H2 116.278
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability