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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/LANL2DZ

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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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-68.507704
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-68.507704
Nuclear repulsion energy39.389667
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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
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 3313 3184 0.58      
2 A1 678 652 17.09      
3 A1 286 275 0.50      
4 B1 411i 395i 118.81      
5 B2 1213 1166 40.48      
6 B2 845 812 171.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2961.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2846.8 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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
ABC
1.49220 0.10169 0.09520

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.704
H2 0.000 0.000 1.784
Cl3 0.000 1.540 -0.177
Cl4 0.000 -1.540 -0.177

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07991.77401.7740
H21.07992.49332.4933
Cl31.77402.49333.0792
Cl41.77402.49333.0792

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 119.788 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.424
Cl4 C1 H2 119.788
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.354      
2 H 0.290      
3 Cl 0.032      
4 Cl 0.032      


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 1.248 1.248
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.671 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.770 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.271
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.650 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.799 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.450
Polar
3z2-r26.900
x2-y20.099
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.126 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.237 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.714


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.253
(<r2>)1/2 7.632

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-68.509116
Energy at 298.15K-68.509840
HF Energy-68.509116
Nuclear repulsion energy39.209304
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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
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' 3257 3130 3.84      
2 A' 701 674 32.56      
3 A' 515 495 27.12      
4 A' 281 270 0.55      
5 A" 1224 1176 31.65      
6 A" 801 770 196.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3389.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3257.7 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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
ABC
1.42388 0.10194 0.09539

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.014 0.738 0.000
H2 -0.559 1.660 0.000
Cl3 0.014 -0.179 1.537
Cl4 0.014 -0.179 -1.537

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08491.78961.7896
H21.08492.46382.4638
Cl31.78962.46383.0732
Cl41.78962.46383.0732

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 115.810 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.323
Cl4 C1 H2 115.810
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.316      
2 H 0.279      
3 Cl 0.018      
4 Cl 0.018      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.809 1.131 0.000 1.390
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.237 -1.218 0.000
y -1.218 -27.903 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.113
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.729 -1.218 0.000
y -1.218 2.772 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.043
Polar
3z2-r2-4.086
x2-y2-2.334
xy-1.218
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.211 -0.173 0.000
y -0.173 2.815 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.341


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.427
(<r2>)1/2 7.644