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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.701623
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.701623
Nuclear repulsion energy125.839966
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
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 3300 3151 0.51      
2 A1 771 736 9.02      
3 A1 319 304 0.31      
4 B1 317i 302i 57.31      
5 B2 1262 1205 52.81      
6 B2 947 905 164.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3141.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2999.0 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
1.62409 0.11071 0.10365

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.668
H2 0.000 0.000 1.747
Cl3 0.000 1.476 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.476 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07971.69641.6964
H21.07972.41882.4188
Cl31.69642.41882.9510
Cl41.69642.41882.9510

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 119.564 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.872
Cl4 C1 H2 119.564
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.403      
2 H 0.238      
3 Cl 0.082      
4 Cl 0.082      


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 0.996 0.996
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.154 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.264 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.076
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.984 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.650 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.633
Polar
3z2-r25.267
x2-y2-0.890
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.290 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.104 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.329


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.981
(<r2>)1/2 9.999

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.702080
Energy at 298.15K-958.702843
HF Energy-958.702080
Nuclear repulsion energy125.729229
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
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' 3269 3121 0.80      
2 A' 775 740 13.00      
3 A' 428 409 32.40      
4 A' 310 296 1.63      
5 A" 1267 1209 46.28      
6 A" 924 882 185.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3486.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3328.5 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
1.58512 0.11103 0.10394

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.685 0.000
H2 -0.427 1.675 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.473
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08211.70321.7032
H21.08212.40122.4012
Cl31.70322.40122.9454
Cl41.70322.40122.9454

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 117.356 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.688
Cl4 C1 H2 117.356
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.382      
2 H 0.233      
3 Cl 0.075      
4 Cl 0.075      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.471 0.926 0.000 1.038
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.915 -0.896 0.000
y -0.896 -29.444 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.383
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.502 -0.896 0.000
y -0.896 2.205 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.704
Polar
3z2-r2-1.407
x2-y2-2.471
xy-0.896
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.350 -0.078 0.000
y -0.078 4.358 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.173


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.848
(<r2>)1/2 9.992