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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.702980
Energy at 298.15K-959.705441
HF Energy-959.702980
Nuclear repulsion energy132.696476
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3133 3016 7.09 93.71 0.08 0.16
2 A1 1467 1412 0.00 10.13 0.73 0.84
3 A1 700 674 13.69 16.91 0.09 0.16
4 A1 282 272 0.53 6.20 0.53 0.69
5 A2 1182 1138 0.00 9.13 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3215 3095 0.01 61.11 0.75 0.86
7 B1 906 872 1.78 2.12 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1307 1258 57.93 4.11 0.75 0.86
9 B2 723 696 169.64 5.30 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6457.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6216.5 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
1.07342 0.10650 0.09874

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.768
H2 -0.900 0.000 1.378
H3 0.900 0.000 1.378
Cl4 0.000 1.497 -0.217
Cl5 0.000 -1.497 -0.217

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08711.08711.79161.7916
H21.08711.80002.36482.3648
H31.08711.80002.36482.3648
Cl41.79162.36482.36482.9933
Cl51.79162.36482.36482.9933

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 111.776 H2 C1 Cl4 107.955
H2 C1 Cl5 107.955 H3 C1 Cl4 107.955
H3 C1 Cl5 107.955 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.308
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.488      
2 H 0.233      
3 H 0.233      
4 Cl 0.011      
5 Cl 0.011      


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 1.884 1.884
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.708 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.656 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.050
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.644 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.777 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.132
Polar
3z2-r26.264
x2-y22.947
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.947 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.160 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.622


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 106.787
(<r2>)1/2 10.334