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

using model chemistry: B1B95/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 B1B95/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.847653
Energy at 298.15K-959.850150
HF Energy-959.847653
Nuclear repulsion energy134.703645
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 B1B95/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 3143 3008 7.36 100.93 0.06 0.11
2 A1 1464 1401 0.11 7.88 0.75 0.85
3 A1 729 697 12.90 12.07 0.09 0.16
4 A1 282 270 0.53 5.48 0.52 0.68
5 A2 1178 1128 0.00 4.45 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3221 3082 0.00 51.01 0.75 0.86
7 B1 904 866 1.40 1.30 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1287 1232 37.55 1.02 0.75 0.86
9 B2 765 732 143.82 4.41 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6486.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9571) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6208.0 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 B1B95/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.08777 0.11035 0.10214

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.763
H2 -0.894 0.000 1.369
H3 0.894 0.000 1.369
Cl4 0.000 1.470 -0.215
Cl5 0.000 -1.470 -0.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08071.08071.76571.7657
H21.08071.78882.33932.3393
H31.08071.78882.33932.3393
Cl41.76572.33932.33932.9403
Cl51.76572.33932.33932.9403

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 111.705 H2 C1 Cl4 108.114
H2 C1 Cl5 108.114 H3 C1 Cl4 108.114
H3 C1 Cl5 108.114 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.731
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.108      
2 H 0.158      
3 H 0.158      
4 Cl -0.104      
5 Cl -0.104      


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 1.680 1.680
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.020 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.533 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.462
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.477 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.292 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.815
Polar
3z2-r25.629
x2-y22.513
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.833 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.092 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.673


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.474
(<r2>)1/2 10.172