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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31G

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 wB97X-D/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.926864
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.926864
Nuclear repulsion energy121.810097
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 wB97X-D/6-31G
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 3354 3354 0.95      
2 A1 716 716 14.95      
3 A1 299 299 0.87      
4 B1 375i 375i 95.73      
5 B2 1239 1239 57.42      
6 B2 899 899 151.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3065.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3065.6 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 wB97X-D/6-31G
ABC
1.50750 0.10382 0.09713

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.701
H2 0.000 0.000 1.777
Cl3 0.000 1.524 -0.176
Cl4 0.000 -1.524 -0.176

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07641.75781.7578
H21.07642.47702.4770
Cl31.75782.47703.0474
Cl41.75782.47703.0474

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 119.908 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.183
Cl4 C1 H2 119.908
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.511      
2 H 0.262      
3 Cl 0.125      
4 Cl 0.125      


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 1.334 1.334
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.002 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -32.412 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.685
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.454 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.068 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.522
Polar
3z2-r27.044
x2-y20.410
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.599 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.513 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.196


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.474
(<r2>)1/2 10.270

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.927653
Energy at 298.15K-958.928392
HF Energy-958.927653
Nuclear repulsion energy121.553987
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 wB97X-D/6-31G
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' 3316 3316 1.20      
2 A' 725 725 24.74      
3 A' 465 465 40.20      
4 A' 294 294 1.14      
5 A" 1253 1253 45.68      
6 A" 867 867 174.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3459.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3459.6 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 wB97X-D/6-31G
ABC
1.45996 0.10398 0.09726

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.724 0.000
H2 -0.471 1.690 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.177 1.522
Cl4 0.012 -0.177 -1.522

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07981.76851.7685
H21.07982.45652.4565
Cl31.76852.45653.0435
Cl41.76852.45653.0435

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 117.113 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.733
Cl4 C1 H2 117.113
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.477      
2 H 0.256      
3 Cl 0.110      
4 Cl 0.110      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.659 1.251 0.000 1.415
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.708 -1.033 0.000
y -1.033 -29.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.656
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.791 -1.033 0.000
y -1.033 3.002 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.212
Polar
3z2-r2-4.423
x2-y2-2.528
xy-1.033
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.689 -0.202 0.000
y -0.202 3.220 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.600


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.503
(<r2>)1/2 10.271