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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.626174
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.626174
Nuclear repulsion energy124.631974
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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3187 3169 0.23      
2 A1 740 736 8.98      
3 A1 302 301 0.25      
4 B1 368i 365i 52.94      
5 B2 1167 1160 44.55      
6 B2 903 897 158.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2965.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2948.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.58806 0.10869 0.10173

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.675
H2 0.000 0.000 1.770
Cl3 0.000 1.489 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.489 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09581.71261.7126
H21.09582.44692.4469
Cl31.71262.44692.9784
Cl41.71262.44692.9784

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 119.592 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.816
Cl4 C1 H2 119.592
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.153      
2 H 0.109      
3 Cl 0.022      
4 Cl 0.022      


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 0.787 0.787
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.642 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.269 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.734
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.140 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.081 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.222
Polar
3z2-r24.443
x2-y2-1.373
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.258 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.941 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.731


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.135
(<r2>)1/2 10.057

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.627162
Energy at 298.15K-958.627927
HF Energy-958.627162
Nuclear repulsion energy124.428867
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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3138 3119 1.67      
2 A' 745 741 14.93      
3 A' 483 480 26.15      
4 A' 297 295 0.46      
5 A" 1171 1164 34.20      
6 A" 865 860 185.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3348.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3329.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.52656 0.10916 0.10213

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.703 0.000
H2 -0.528 1.660 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.173 1.485
Cl4 0.013 -0.173 -1.485

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09991.72401.7240
H21.09992.42052.4205
Cl31.72402.42052.9700
Cl41.72402.42052.9700

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 116.244 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.936
Cl4 C1 H2 116.244
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.145      
2 H 0.115      
3 Cl 0.015      
4 Cl 0.015      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.537 0.679 0.000 0.866
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.317 -0.941 0.000
y -0.941 -29.237 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.442
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.478 -0.941 0.000
y -0.941 1.643 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.165
Polar
3z2-r2-0.331
x2-y2-2.080
xy-0.941
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.387 -0.215 0.000
y -0.215 3.753 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.028


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.945
(<r2>)1/2 10.047