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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.410733
Energy at 298.15K-959.413235
HF Energy-959.410733
Nuclear repulsion energy134.543862
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-pVTZ
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 3130 3010 5.18 102.78 0.04 0.08
2 A1 1457 1401 0.34 6.26 0.69 0.82
3 A1 730 702 11.12 15.70 0.06 0.12
4 A1 285 274 0.45 3.73 0.41 0.58
5 A2 1177 1132 0.00 1.77 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3208 3084 0.44 48.38 0.75 0.86
7 B1 905 870 1.33 0.36 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1285 1236 35.58 0.04 0.75 0.86
9 B2 768 739 140.76 2.94 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6472.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6223.4 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-pVTZ
ABC
1.08629 0.11007 0.10191

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.763
H2 -0.897 0.000 1.371
H3 0.897 0.000 1.371
Cl4 0.000 1.472 -0.215
Cl5 0.000 -1.472 -0.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08441.08441.76721.7672
H21.08441.79492.34302.3430
H31.08441.79492.34302.3430
Cl41.76722.34302.34302.9439
Cl51.76722.34302.34302.9439

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 111.704 H2 C1 Cl4 108.098
H2 C1 Cl5 108.098 H3 C1 Cl4 108.098
H3 C1 Cl5 108.098 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.799
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.145      
2 H 0.254      
3 H 0.254      
4 Cl -0.181      
5 Cl -0.181      


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 1.660 1.660
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.339 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.855 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.735
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.456 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.319 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.862
Polar
3z2-r25.725
x2-y22.517
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.187 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.110 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.797


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.867
(<r2>)1/2 10.192