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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ

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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 wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.030898
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.030898
Nuclear repulsion energy125.268207
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 wB97X-D/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 3288 3132 0.77      
2 A1 764 728 11.42      
3 A1 311 296 0.43      
4 B1 397i 378i 51.51      
5 B2 1213 1155 54.19      
6 B2 936 892 152.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3057.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9526) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2912.2 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.58647 0.11005 0.10291

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/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 1.764
Cl3 0.000 1.480 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.480 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08781.70551.7055
H21.08782.43642.4364
Cl31.70552.43642.9599
Cl41.70552.43642.9599

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 119.803 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.394
Cl4 C1 H2 119.803
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.139      
2 H 0.126      
3 Cl 0.007      
4 Cl 0.007      


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 0.943 0.943
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.618 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.661 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.594
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.990 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.555 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.545
Polar
3z2-r25.090
x2-y2-0.957
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.221 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.616


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.241
(<r2>)1/2 10.012

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.031844
Energy at 298.15K-959.032661
HF Energy-959.031844
Nuclear repulsion energy125.121565
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 wB97X-D/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' 3243 3089 1.46      
2 A' 768 732 17.30      
3 A' 506 482 25.28      
4 A' 305 291 0.58      
5 A" 1221 1163 43.39      
6 A" 904 861 179.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3473.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9526) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3309.0 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.53280 0.11054 0.10334

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.701 0.000
H2 -0.500 1.665 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.173 1.476
Cl4 0.013 -0.173 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09111.71521.7152
H21.09112.41172.4117
Cl31.71522.41172.9515
Cl41.71522.41172.9515

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 116.736 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.718
Cl4 C1 H2 116.736
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.126      
2 H 0.128      
3 Cl -0.001      
4 Cl -0.001      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.516 0.852 0.000 0.996
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.318 -0.916 0.000
y -0.916 -29.049 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.827
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.381 -0.916 0.000
y -0.916 2.024 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.643
Polar
3z2-r2-1.286
x2-y2-2.270
xy-0.916
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.327 -0.192 0.000
y -0.192 3.634 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.600


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.027
(<r2>)1/2 10.001