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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.527987
Energy at 298.15K-959.530403
HF Energy-959.527987
Nuclear repulsion energy129.662297
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 B3PW91/6-31G
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 3183 3049 4.06      
2 A1 1481 1418 0.22      
3 A1 666 638 15.70      
4 A1 271 259 1.00      
5 A2 1186 1136 0.00      
6 B1 3287 3148 0.01      
7 B1 903 865 3.56      
8 B2 1316 1260 36.82      
9 B2 693 664 159.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6493.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6218.5 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 B3PW91/6-31G
ABC
1.01928 0.10163 0.09412

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.797
H2 -0.906 0.000 1.393
H3 0.906 0.000 1.393
Cl4 0.000 1.532 -0.223
Cl5 0.000 -1.532 -0.223

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08481.08481.84061.8406
H21.08481.81252.40442.4044
H31.08481.81252.40442.4044
Cl41.84062.40442.40443.0647
Cl51.84062.40442.40443.0647

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 113.311 H2 C1 Cl4 107.730
H2 C1 Cl5 107.730 H3 C1 Cl4 107.730
H3 C1 Cl5 107.730 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.713
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.637      
2 H 0.275      
3 H 0.275      
4 Cl 0.043      
5 Cl 0.043      


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 2.222 2.222
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.225 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.312 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.619
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.240 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.889 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.649
Polar
3z2-r27.298
x2-y24.086
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.384 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.515 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.433


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 110.877
(<r2>)1/2 10.530