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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br2 (dibromomethane)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-5183.768492
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-5183.768492
Nuclear repulsion energy351.825454
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 HF/6-311G*
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 3322 3005 8.34 87.80 0.10 0.18
2 A1 1584 1433 0.81 13.92 0.62 0.76
3 A1 623 563 7.32 23.59 0.11 0.19
4 A1 187 169 0.10 5.21 0.47 0.64
5 A2 1246 1127 0.00 7.25 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3410 3084 0.01 56.44 0.75 0.86
7 B1 895 810 5.92 2.37 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1365 1235 115.42 0.03 0.75 0.86
9 B2 714 646 106.65 14.79 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6673.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6035.3 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.89116 0.04071 0.03922

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.929
H2 -0.887 0.000 1.531
H3 0.887 0.000 1.531
Br4 0.000 1.617 -0.123
Br5 0.000 -1.617 -0.123

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Br4 Br5
C11.07211.07211.92911.9291
H21.07211.77382.47762.4776
H31.07211.77382.47762.4776
Br41.92912.47762.47763.2333
Br51.92912.47762.47763.2333

picture of dibromomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 111.638 H2 C1 Br4 107.850
H2 C1 Br5 107.850 H3 C1 Br4 107.850
H3 C1 Br5 107.850 Br4 C1 Br5 113.866
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.568      
2 H 0.300      
3 H 0.300      
4 Br -0.017      
5 Br -0.017      


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 1.780 1.780
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.629 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -45.489 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.018
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.376 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.541
Polar
3z2-r27.082
x2-y21.860
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.857 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.810 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.965


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 222.550
(<r2>)1/2 14.918