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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-954.989908
Energy at 298.15K-954.992314
HF Energy-954.989908
Nuclear repulsion energy129.723275
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 M06-2X/3-21G
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 3209 3076 0.65 88.20 0.08 0.15
2 A1 1493 1431 0.09 13.46 0.74 0.85
3 A1 657 630 16.69 20.01 0.13 0.23
4 A1 262 252 1.16 9.94 0.60 0.75
5 A2 1176 1127 0.00 17.95 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3306 3169 1.50 51.14 0.75 0.86
7 B1 881 845 2.53 6.00 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1301 1247 37.99 2.58 0.75 0.86
9 B2 711 682 129.53 10.93 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6497.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6229.5 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 M06-2X/3-21G
ABC
0.97209 0.10316 0.09501

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.824
H2 -0.909 0.000 1.411
H3 0.909 0.000 1.411
Cl4 0.000 1.521 -0.228
Cl5 0.000 -1.521 -0.228

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08241.08241.84921.8492
H21.08241.81872.41382.4138
H31.08241.81872.41382.4138
Cl41.84922.41382.41383.0416
Cl51.84922.41382.41383.0416

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 114.305 H2 C1 Cl4 107.974
H2 C1 Cl5 107.974 H3 C1 Cl4 107.974
H3 C1 Cl5 107.974 Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.652
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.728      
2 H 0.316      
3 H 0.316      
4 Cl 0.048      
5 Cl 0.048      


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 2.279 2.279
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.585 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.856 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.943
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.314 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.092 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.778
Polar
3z2-r27.555
x2-y24.271
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.172 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.263 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.352


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 110.388
(<r2>)1/2 10.507