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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ

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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.750214
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.750214
Nuclear repulsion energy126.442383
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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ
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 3273 3146 0.20      
2 A1 770 740 8.23      
3 A1 312 300 0.38      
4 B1 321i 308i 40.28      
5 B2 1233 1184 49.24      
6 B2 944 907 144.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3105.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2984.4 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.62814 0.11195 0.10475

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.667
H2 0.000 0.000 1.744
Cl3 0.000 1.467 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.467 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07631.68891.6889
H21.07632.41062.4106
Cl31.68892.41062.9347
Cl41.68892.41062.9347

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 119.680 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.639
Cl4 C1 H2 119.680
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.098      
2 H 0.157      
3 Cl -0.029      
4 Cl -0.029      


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 0.906 0.906
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.693 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.781 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.792
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.907 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.539 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.446
Polar
3z2-r24.892
x2-y2-0.912
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.295 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.329 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.402


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.890
(<r2>)1/2 9.944

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.750697
Energy at 298.15K-958.751461
HF Energy-958.750697
Nuclear repulsion energy126.317808
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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ
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 3115 0.72      
2 A' 774 744 11.95      
3 A' 432 415 26.04      
4 A' 304 292 1.26      
5 A" 1236 1188 41.27      
6 A" 919 883 163.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3452.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3318.3 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.58400 0.11232 0.10507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.686 0.000
H2 -0.431 1.671 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.464
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.464

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07901.69641.6964
H21.07902.39352.3935
Cl31.69642.39352.9284
Cl41.69642.39352.9284

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 117.433 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.335
Cl4 C1 H2 117.433
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.089      
2 H 0.152      
3 Cl -0.032      
4 Cl -0.032      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.410 0.836 0.000 0.931
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.476 -0.798 0.000
y -0.798 -29.124 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.865
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.481 -0.798 0.000
y -0.798 2.046 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.565
Polar
3z2-r2-1.130
x2-y2-2.352
xy-0.798
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.350 -0.114 0.000
y -0.114 4.429 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.375


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.731
(<r2>)1/2 9.936