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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.801977
Energy at 298.15K-959.804436
HF Energy-959.801977
Nuclear repulsion energy133.440885
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/cc-pVQZ
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 3117 3019 6.16 99.99 0.05 0.10
2 A1 1462 1416 0.06 7.23 0.72 0.84
3 A1 701 679 11.95 14.29 0.08 0.15
4 A1 279 270 0.42 5.14 0.46 0.63
5 A2 1171 1135 0.00 2.68 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3194 3094 0.08 49.01 0.75 0.86
7 B1 901 873 1.33 0.87 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1287 1246 38.78 0.32 0.75 0.86
9 B2 720 698 148.40 4.46 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6415.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9688) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6215.3 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/cc-pVQZ
ABC
1.07671 0.10795 0.10000

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.768
H2 -0.897 0.000 1.373
H3 0.897 0.000 1.373
Cl4 0.000 1.487 -0.216
Cl5 0.000 -1.487 -0.216

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08141.08141.78301.7830
H21.08141.79312.35362.3536
H31.08141.79312.35362.3536
Cl41.78302.35362.35362.9731
Cl51.78302.35362.35362.9731

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 111.994 H2 C1 Cl4 107.987
H2 C1 Cl5 107.987 H3 C1 Cl4 107.987
H3 C1 Cl5 107.987 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.967
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.162      
2 H 0.154      
3 H 0.154      
4 Cl -0.073      
5 Cl -0.073      


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 1.673 1.673
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.446 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.042 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.865
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.508 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.386 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.879
Polar
3z2-r25.758
x2-y22.596
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.514 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.827 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.269


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.493
(<r2>)1/2 10.271