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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.706199
Energy at 298.15K-959.708630
HF Energy-959.706199
Nuclear repulsion energy130.264792
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 B1B95/6-31G
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 3202 3054 3.67 98.48 0.09 0.16
2 A1 1488 1419 0.24 14.37 0.75 0.86
3 A1 675 644 16.00 18.44 0.13 0.22
4 A1 271 259 1.10 10.32 0.58 0.73
5 A2 1192 1136 0.00 18.18 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3305 3152 0.00 57.69 0.75 0.86
7 B1 906 864 3.31 5.90 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1322 1261 37.15 5.11 0.75 0.86
9 B2 710 677 154.94 7.76 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6535.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9537) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6232.7 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 B1B95/6-31G
ABC
1.02483 0.10271 0.09508

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.795
H2 -0.903 0.000 1.391
H3 0.903 0.000 1.391
Cl4 0.000 1.524 -0.222
Cl5 0.000 -1.524 -0.222

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08211.08211.83221.8322
H21.08211.80612.39592.3959
H31.08211.80612.39592.3959
Cl41.83222.39592.39593.0485
Cl51.83222.39592.39593.0485

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 113.133 H2 C1 Cl4 107.803
H2 C1 Cl5 107.803 H3 C1 Cl4 107.803
H3 C1 Cl5 107.803 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.589
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.635      
2 H 0.272      
3 H 0.272      
4 Cl 0.045      
5 Cl 0.045      


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 2.221 2.221
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.166 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.265 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.579
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.255 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.637
Polar
3z2-r27.274
x2-y24.098
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.370 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.416


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 109.947
(<r2>)1/2 10.486