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All results from a given calculation for HCCl (Chloromethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
2 1 yes CS 3A"

State 1 (1A')

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.441854
Energy at 298.15K-496.441687
HF Energy-496.441854
Nuclear repulsion energy37.801214
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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' 2798 2657 100.12      
2 A' 1276 1212 15.79      
3 A' 727 691 113.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2400.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2279.7 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
15.26859 0.57186 0.55121

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.046 1.224 0.000
Cl2 0.046 -0.517 0.000
H3 -1.057 1.451 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3
C11.74131.1267
Cl21.74132.2568
H31.12672.2568

picture of Chloromethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 101.642
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.253      
2 Cl 0.044      
3 H 0.208      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.659 -0.426 0.000 1.713
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.609 -2.755 0.000
y -2.755 -20.175 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.111
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.466 -2.755 0.000
y -2.755 -1.315 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.781
Polar
3z2-r23.563
x2-y20.566
xy-2.755
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.230 -0.417 0.000
y -0.417 4.562 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.767


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 28.865
(<r2>)1/2 5.373

State 2 (3A")

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.451859
Energy at 298.15K-496.451704
HF Energy-496.451859
Nuclear repulsion energy38.782534
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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' 989 939 3.72      
2 A' 866 822 46.96      
3 A' 3226 3063 7.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2540.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2412.1 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
25.56254 0.58767 0.57447

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.036 1.160 0.000
Cl2 0.036 -0.515 0.000
H3 -0.838 1.800 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3
C11.67531.0839
Cl21.67532.4754
H31.08392.4754

picture of Chloromethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 126.222
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.305      
2 Cl 0.053      
3 H 0.252      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.858 0.498 0.000 0.992
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.418 -1.596 0.000
y -1.596 -16.988 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -19.564
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.142 -1.596 0.000
y -1.596 2.003 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.862
Polar
3z2-r2-3.724
x2-y2-1.430
xy-1.596
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.698 -0.228 0.000
y -0.228 4.058 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.273


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 28.006
(<r2>)1/2 5.292