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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

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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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.712609
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.712609
Nuclear repulsion energy125.790341
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3284 3158 0.99      
2 A1 772 742 6.84      
3 A1 312 300 0.38      
4 B1 364i 350i 35.63      
5 B2 1217 1171 53.48      
6 B2 947 910 139.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3083.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2965.4 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.59320 0.11107 0.10383

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.675
H2 0.000 0.000 1.760
Cl3 0.000 1.473 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.473 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08521.69871.6987
H21.08522.42892.4289
Cl31.69872.42892.9462
Cl41.69872.42892.9462

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 119.866 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.268
Cl4 C1 H2 119.866
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.002      
2 H -0.077      
3 Cl 0.037      
4 Cl 0.037      


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 0.953 0.953
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.162 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.016 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.999
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.154 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.435 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.590
Polar
3z2-r25.179
x2-y2-1.146
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.538 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.094 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.377


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.798
(<r2>)1/2 9.990

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.713442
Energy at 298.15K-958.714251
HF Energy-958.713442
Nuclear repulsion energy125.649859
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3239 3114 0.66      
2 A' 776 746 11.41      
3 A' 484 466 21.94      
4 A' 305 293 0.58      
5 A" 1219 1172 41.65      
6 A" 914 879 166.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3468.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3334.9 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.53942 0.11158 0.10428

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.700 0.000
H2 -0.497 1.662 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.172 1.469
Cl4 0.012 -0.172 -1.469

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08881.70831.7083
H21.08882.40472.4047
Cl31.70832.40472.9377
Cl41.70832.40472.9377

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 116.831 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.597
Cl4 C1 H2 116.831
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.077      
2 H -0.016      
3 Cl 0.047      
4 Cl 0.047      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.450 0.861 0.000 0.972
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.856 -0.935 0.000
y -0.935 -29.445 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.120
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.574 -0.935 0.000
y -0.935 2.043 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.469
Polar
3z2-r2-0.938
x2-y2-2.411
xy-0.935
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.582 -0.065 0.000
y -0.065 5.411 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.181


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.562
(<r2>)1/2 9.978