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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl2 (Methylene chloride)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.668893
Energy at 298.15K-959.671378
HF Energy-959.668893
Nuclear repulsion energy134.090019
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 B3PW91/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 3120 3001 7.27      
2 A1 1456 1400 0.13      
3 A1 719 691 12.50      
4 A1 282 271 0.49      
5 A2 1173 1128 0.00      
6 B1 3197 3074 0.00      
7 B1 901 867 1.51      
8 B2 1284 1235 37.01      
9 B2 749 720 147.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6440.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6193.2 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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.08598 0.10910 0.10107

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.763
H2 -0.897 0.000 1.371
H3 0.897 0.000 1.371
Cl4 0.000 1.479 -0.215
Cl5 0.000 -1.479 -0.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08411.08411.77291.7729
H21.08411.79432.34712.3471
H31.08411.79432.34712.3471
Cl41.77292.34712.34712.9572
Cl51.77292.34712.34712.9572

picture of Methylene chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 111.698 H2 C1 Cl4 108.044
H2 C1 Cl5 108.044 H3 C1 Cl4 108.044
H3 C1 Cl5 108.044 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.023
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.052      
2 H 0.137      
3 H 0.137      
4 Cl -0.111      
5 Cl -0.111      


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 1.685 1.685
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.082 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.617 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.524
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.489 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.314 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.825
Polar
3z2-r25.650
x2-y22.535
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.851 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.187 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.695


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 104.388
(<r2>)1/2 10.217