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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.762949
Energy at 298.15K-959.765412
HF Energy-959.762949
Nuclear repulsion energy132.780261
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3130 3025 12.05 92.41 0.08 0.15
2 A1 1473 1423 0.05 11.86 0.73 0.85
3 A1 697 674 13.34 12.97 0.12 0.21
4 A1 284 275 0.27 8.52 0.56 0.72
5 A2 1203 1162 0.00 9.45 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3209 3101 0.80 57.28 0.75 0.86
7 B1 910 879 4.91 2.86 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1323 1279 52.83 4.14 0.75 0.86
9 B2 715 691 177.01 5.43 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6472.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6254.1 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
1.07480 0.10661 0.09884

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.768
H2 -0.898 0.000 1.376
H3 0.898 0.000 1.376
Cl4 0.000 1.496 -0.217
Cl5 0.000 -1.496 -0.217

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08401.08401.79101.7910
H21.08401.79532.36212.3621
H31.08401.79532.36212.3621
Cl41.79102.36212.36212.9918
Cl51.79102.36212.36212.9918

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 111.813 H2 C1 Cl4 107.953
H2 C1 Cl5 107.953 H3 C1 Cl4 107.953
H3 C1 Cl5 107.953 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.281
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.531      
2 H 0.300      
3 H 0.300      
4 Cl -0.034      
5 Cl -0.034      


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 1.869 1.869
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.004 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.862 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.375
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.614 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.058
Polar
3z2-r26.117
x2-y22.858
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.871 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.797 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.917


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 106.860
(<r2>)1/2 10.337