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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G*

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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/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.098803
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.098803
Nuclear repulsion energy124.942279
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/6-311G*
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 3261 3151 0.28      
2 A1 739 714 8.52      
3 A1 312 302 0.14      
4 B1 366i 353i 62.43      
5 B2 1255 1213 48.17      
6 B2 896 865 179.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3048.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2945.9 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.61161 0.10896 0.10206

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.671
H2 0.000 0.000 1.749
Cl3 0.000 1.487 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.487 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07701.70891.7089
H21.07702.42752.4275
Cl31.70892.42752.9747
Cl41.70892.42752.9747

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 119.497 Cl3 C1 Cl4 121.005
Cl4 C1 H2 119.497
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.382      
2 H 0.300      
3 Cl 0.041      
4 Cl 0.041      


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 0.983 0.983
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.593 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.693 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.459
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.018 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.667 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.684
Polar
3z2-r25.369
x2-y2-0.901
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.201 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.097 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.673


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.478
(<r2>)1/2 10.074

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.099637
Energy at 298.15K-959.100412
HF Energy-959.099637
Nuclear repulsion energy124.727708
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/6-311G*
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' 3223 3115 3.01      
2 A' 748 723 15.21      
3 A' 478 462 32.14      
4 A' 306 296 0.60      
5 A" 1264 1222 40.16      
6 A" 861 832 208.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3440.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3324.2 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.55589 0.10929 0.10234

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.696 0.000
H2 -0.488 1.654 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.172 1.484
Cl4 0.012 -0.172 -1.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08021.71931.7193
H21.08022.40512.4051
Cl31.71932.40512.9684
Cl41.71932.40512.9684

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 116.577 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.368
Cl4 C1 H2 116.577
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.361      
2 H 0.293      
3 Cl 0.034      
4 Cl 0.034      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.556 0.887 0.000 1.047
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.285 -0.950 0.000
y -0.950 -29.937 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.884
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.374 -0.950 0.000
y -0.950 2.148 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.773
Polar
3z2-r2-1.547
x2-y2-2.348
xy-0.950
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.294 -0.166 0.000
y -0.166 3.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.190


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.378
(<r2>)1/2 10.069