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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

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 TPSSh/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-954.643056
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-954.643056
Nuclear repulsion energy124.719693
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 TPSSh/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 3276 3164 0.08      
2 A1 722 697 10.76      
3 A1 309 298 0.33      
4 B1 281i 271i 81.34      
5 B2 1258 1215 40.61      
6 B2 874 844 168.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3079.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2973.4 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 TPSSh/3-21G*
ABC
1.58119 0.10892 0.10190

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.679
H2 0.000 0.000 1.758
Cl3 0.000 1.488 -0.172
Cl4 0.000 -1.488 -0.172

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07851.71381.7138
H21.07852.43642.4364
Cl31.71382.43642.9752
Cl41.71382.43642.9752

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 119.773 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.454
Cl4 C1 H2 119.773
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.451      
2 H 0.291      
3 Cl 0.080      
4 Cl 0.080      


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 1.009 1.009
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.977 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.535 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.465


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.268
(<r2>)1/2 10.063

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-954.643419
Energy at 298.15K-954.644087
HF Energy-954.643419
Nuclear repulsion energy124.452526
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 TPSSh/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' 3242 3131 1.24      
2 A' 728 703 18.10      
3 A' 383 370 45.01      
4 A' 303 292 2.47      
5 A" 1266 1223 33.97      
6 A" 842 813 186.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3381.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3265.5 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 TPSSh/3-21G*
ABC
1.53741 0.10899 0.10194

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.699 0.000
H2 -0.422 1.690 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.173 1.486
Cl4 0.011 -0.173 -1.486

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08131.72321.7232
H21.08132.42212.4221
Cl31.72322.42212.9730
Cl41.72322.42212.9730

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 117.625 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.228
Cl4 C1 H2 117.625
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.430      
2 H 0.288      
3 Cl 0.071      
4 Cl 0.071      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.544 0.929 0.000 1.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.060 -0.189 0.000
y -0.189 3.477 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.602


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.344
(<r2>)1/2 10.067