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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

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 LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-956.504917
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-956.504917
Nuclear repulsion energy126.434085
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 LSDA/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 3218 3158 0.75      
2 A1 774 760 7.45      
3 A1 315 309 0.27      
4 B1 232i 227i 70.26      
5 B2 1223 1200 42.53      
6 B2 951 933 158.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3124.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3066.3 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
1.63803 0.11183 0.10468

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.662
H2 0.000 0.000 1.752
Cl3 0.000 1.468 -0.168
Cl4 0.000 -1.468 -0.168

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08931.68701.6870
H21.08932.41712.4171
Cl31.68702.41712.9363
Cl41.68702.41712.9363

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 119.507 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.985
Cl4 C1 H2 119.507
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.432      
2 H 0.253      
3 Cl 0.090      
4 Cl 0.090      


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 0.872 0.872
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.682 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.675
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.101 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.409
Polar
3z2-r24.819
x2-y2-1.194
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.273 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.811 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.704


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.865
(<r2>)1/2 9.943

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-956.505090
Energy at 298.15K-956.505732
HF Energy-956.505090
Nuclear repulsion energy126.350490
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 LSDA/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 A' 3195 3136 0.87      
2 A' 776 761 10.08      
3 A' 342 336 31.08      
4 A' 290 284 23.15      
5 A" 1225 1202 37.97      
6 A" 934 916 172.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3380.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3317.6 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
1.60854 0.11207 0.10489

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.009 0.675 0.000
H2 -0.358 1.703 0.000
Cl3 0.009 -0.169 1.466
Cl4 0.009 -0.169 -1.466

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09101.69191.6919
H21.09102.40582.4058
Cl31.69192.40582.9322
Cl41.69192.40582.9322

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 118.034 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.120
Cl4 C1 H2 118.034
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.422      
2 H 0.251      
3 Cl 0.085      
4 Cl 0.085      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.435 0.809 0.000 0.918
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.517 -0.762 0.000
y -0.762 -28.952 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.563
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.760 -0.762 0.000
y -0.762 2.088 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.328
Polar
3z2-r2-0.657
x2-y2-2.565
xy-0.762
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.329 -0.158 0.000
y -0.158 3.704 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.849


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.773
(<r2>)1/2 9.938