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

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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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 BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-954.585296
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-954.585296
Nuclear repulsion energy123.455265
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/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 3201 3180 0.00      
2 A1 689 685 8.99      
3 A1 297 295 0.24      
4 B1 284i 282i 80.79      
5 B2 1222 1214 35.48      
6 B2 815 810 172.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2970.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2950.7 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
1.56163 0.10653 0.09972

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.684
H2 0.000 0.000 1.768
Cl3 0.000 1.504 -0.173
Cl4 0.000 -1.504 -0.173

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08401.73101.7310
H21.08402.45532.4553
Cl31.73102.45533.0084
Cl41.73102.45533.0084

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 119.659 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.683
Cl4 C1 H2 119.659
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.407      
2 H 0.255      
3 Cl 0.076      
4 Cl 0.076      


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 0.918 0.918
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.029 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.878 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.919
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.131 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.403 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.534
Polar
3z2-r25.068
x2-y2-1.152
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.997 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.827 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.511


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 102.994
(<r2>)1/2 10.149

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-954.585754
Energy at 298.15K-954.586373
HF Energy-954.585754
Nuclear repulsion energy123.107267
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/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' 3160 3140 1.59      
2 A' 701 696 17.70      
3 A' 381 378 41.48      
4 A' 292 290 1.21      
5 A" 1228 1220 28.77      
6 A" 779 774 191.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3270.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3249.3 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
1.50972 0.10654 0.09971

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.707 0.000
H2 -0.462 1.686 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.174 1.503
Cl4 0.012 -0.174 -1.503

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08751.74271.7427
H21.08752.43842.4384
Cl31.74272.43843.0067
Cl41.74272.43843.0067

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 117.089 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.231
Cl4 C1 H2 117.089
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.388      
2 H 0.254      
3 Cl 0.067      
4 Cl 0.067      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.583 0.822 0.000 1.007
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.775 -0.956 0.000
y -0.956 -29.367 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.050
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.567 -0.956 0.000
y -0.956 2.045 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.478
Polar
3z2-r2-0.957
x2-y2-2.408
xy-0.956
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.096 -0.214 0.000
y -0.214 3.527 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.928


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.131
(<r2>)1/2 10.155