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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/3-21G*

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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 B2PLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-954.265789
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-954.153090
Nuclear repulsion energy124.955009
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 B2PLYP/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 A1 3312 3312 0.25      
2 A1 730 730 10.54      
3 A1 313 313 0.44      
4 B1 291i 291i 74.20      
5 B2 1290 1290 41.76      
6 B2 886 886 154.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3119.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3119.9 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 B2PLYP/3-21G*
ABC
1.58822 0.10931 0.10227

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.678
H2 0.000 0.000 1.753
Cl3 0.000 1.485 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.485 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07491.71071.7107
H21.07492.43062.4306
Cl31.71072.43062.9699
Cl41.71072.43062.9699

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 119.769 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.463
Cl4 C1 H2 119.769
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.397      
2 H 0.273      
3 Cl 0.062      
4 Cl 0.062      


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 1.041 1.041
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.178 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.404 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.021
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.966 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.804 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.770
Polar
3z2-r25.540
x2-y2-0.774
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.951 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.305 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.397


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.080
(<r2>)1/2 10.054

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-954.266150
Energy at 298.15K-954.266851
HF Energy-954.153314
Nuclear repulsion energy124.710887
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 B2PLYP/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' 3283 3283 0.95      
2 A' 737 737 16.98      
3 A' 399 399 41.33      
4 A' 308 308 1.89      
5 A" 1295 1295 35.92      
6 A" 857 857 169.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3439.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3439.5 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 B2PLYP/3-21G*
ABC
1.54522 0.10942 0.10234

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.010 0.697 0.000
H2 -0.407 1.690 0.000
Cl3 0.010 -0.173 1.484
Cl4 0.010 -0.173 -1.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07741.71951.7195
H21.07742.41742.4174
Cl31.71952.41742.9672
Cl41.71952.41742.9672

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 117.777 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.270
Cl4 C1 H2 117.777
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.377      
2 H 0.269      
3 Cl 0.054      
4 Cl 0.054      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.506 0.969 0.000 1.093
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.976 -0.848 0.000
y -0.848 -29.375 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.549
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.514 -0.848 0.000
y -0.848 2.387 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.873
Polar
3z2-r2-1.745
x2-y2-2.601
xy-0.848
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.027 -0.188 0.000
y -0.188 3.403 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.362


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.130
(<r2>)1/2 10.056