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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

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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 BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.051192
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.051192
Nuclear repulsion energy123.725976
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 BLYP/6-311G*
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 3180 3172 0.54      
2 A1 706 704 7.35      
3 A1 301 300 0.07      
4 B1 378i 377i 64.91      
5 B2 1213 1210 43.13      
6 B2 841 839 188.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2930.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2923.4 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
1.58887 0.10671 0.10000

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

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 1.760
Cl3 0.000 1.503 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.503 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08361.72551.7255
H21.08362.44712.4471
Cl31.72552.44713.0058
Cl41.72552.44713.0058

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 119.422 Cl3 C1 Cl4 121.155
Cl4 C1 H2 119.422
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.382      
2 H 0.287      
3 Cl 0.047      
4 Cl 0.047      


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 0.918 0.918
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.736 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.630
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.099 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.462 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.561
Polar
3z2-r25.122
x2-y2-1.091
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.238 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.783


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.209
(<r2>)1/2 10.159

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.052268
Energy at 298.15K-959.052997
HF Energy-959.052268
Nuclear repulsion energy123.401920
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 BLYP/6-311G*
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' 3133 3126 4.07      
2 A' 720 718 16.26      
3 A' 482 481 29.85      
4 A' 295 294 0.32      
5 A" 1221 1218 33.77      
6 A" 797 795 220.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3323.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3315.5 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
1.52259 0.10697 0.10020

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.706 0.000
H2 -0.530 1.648 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.173 1.500
Cl4 0.013 -0.173 -1.500

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08741.73901.7390
H21.08742.42152.4215
Cl31.73902.42153.0002
Cl41.73902.42153.0002

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 115.982 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.227
Cl4 C1 H2 115.982
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.361      
2 H 0.281      
3 Cl 0.040      
4 Cl 0.040      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.605 0.804 0.000 1.006
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.380 -1.013 0.000
y -1.013 -30.189 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.876
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.348 -1.013 0.000
y -1.013 1.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.592
Polar
3z2-r2-1.183
x2-y2-2.192
xy-1.013
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.354 -0.186 0.000
y -0.186 3.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.676


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.192
(<r2>)1/2 10.158