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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.724090
Energy at 298.15K-959.726474
HF Energy-959.724090
Nuclear repulsion energy132.069434
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 BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3038 3021 5.27 94.70 0.05 0.10
2 A1 1421 1413 0.03 7.25 0.66 0.80
3 A1 665 662 9.93 17.13 0.07 0.13
4 A1 268 267 0.29 5.04 0.40 0.57
5 A2 1132 1126 0.00 1.85 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3114 3097 0.15 51.22 0.75 0.86
7 B1 873 868 1.34 0.64 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1244 1238 36.53 0.09 0.75 0.86
9 B2 657 654 163.01 2.84 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6206.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6172.6 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 BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.06204 0.10549 0.09780

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.774
H2 -0.905 0.000 1.379
H3 0.905 0.000 1.379
Cl4 0.000 1.504 -0.218
Cl5 0.000 -1.504 -0.218

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08821.08821.80151.8015
H21.08821.80902.37272.3727
H31.08821.80902.37272.3727
Cl41.80152.37272.37273.0075
Cl51.80152.37272.37273.0075

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 112.447 H2 C1 Cl4 107.826
H2 C1 Cl5 107.826 H3 C1 Cl4 107.826
H3 C1 Cl5 107.826 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.179
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.292      
2 H 0.238      
3 H 0.238      
4 Cl -0.092      
5 Cl -0.092      


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 1.607 1.607
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.932 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.246 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.257
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.319 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.152 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.833
Polar
3z2-r25.665
x2-y22.314
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.305 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.651 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.920


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 107.609
(<r2>)1/2 10.373