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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.390587
Energy at 298.15K-959.393066
HF Energy-959.243061
Nuclear repulsion energy133.050180
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 B2PLYP/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 3142 3142 5.73 101.54 0.05 0.09
2 A1 1439 1439 0.02 6.46 0.68 0.81
3 A1 711 711 11.75 18.14 0.07 0.13
4 A1 283 283 0.43 4.34 0.42 0.59
5 A2 1165 1165 0.00 1.81 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3233 3233 0.34 48.92 0.75 0.86
7 B1 899 899 1.21 0.47 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1273 1273 39.26 0.01 0.75 0.86
9 B2 744 744 145.35 4.63 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6443.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6443.7 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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.05682 0.10776 0.09971

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.776
H2 -0.908 0.000 1.382
H3 0.908 0.000 1.382
Cl4 0.000 1.488 -0.218
Cl5 0.000 -1.488 -0.218

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.09111.09111.78941.7894
H21.09111.81512.36582.3658
H31.09111.81512.36582.3658
Cl41.78942.36582.36582.9753
Cl51.78942.36582.36582.9753

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 112.563 H2 C1 Cl4 107.969
H2 C1 Cl5 107.969 H3 C1 Cl4 107.969
H3 C1 Cl5 107.969 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.476
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.052      
2 H 0.033      
3 H 0.033      
4 Cl -0.007      
5 Cl -0.007      


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 1.718 1.718
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.841 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.397 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.126
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.420 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.993
Polar
3z2-r25.985
x2-y22.556
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.014 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.101 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.669


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 106.008
(<r2>)1/2 10.296