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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl6 (hexachloroethane)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3D 1A1g
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2823.551212
Energy at 298.15K-2823.551153
HF Energy-2823.551212
Nuclear repulsion energy973.384482
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 BLYP/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 A1g 942 937 0.00      
2 A1g 365 363 0.00      
3 A1g 199 198 0.00      
4 A1u 74 73 0.00      
5 A2u 590 586 80.56      
6 A2u 323 321 0.66      
7 Eg 731 727 0.00      
7 Eg 730 726 0.00      
8 Eg 296 294 0.00      
8 Eg 295 294 0.00      
9 Eg 197 196 0.00      
9 Eg 197 196 0.00      
10 Eu 667 664 269.53      
10 Eu 667 664 269.47      
11 Eu 242 240 0.15      
11 Eu 242 240 0.15      
12 Eu 146 145 0.67      
12 Eu 146 145 0.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3523.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3504.2 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 BLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.02583 0.02188 0.02188

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

Point Group is D3d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.777
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.777
Cl3 0.000 1.764 1.431
Cl4 -1.527 -0.882 1.431
Cl5 1.527 -0.882 1.431
Cl6 0.000 -1.764 -1.431
Cl7 -1.527 0.882 -1.431
Cl8 1.527 0.882 -1.431

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 Cl7 Cl8
C11.55431.88091.88091.88092.82602.82602.8260
C21.55432.82602.82602.82601.88091.88091.8809
Cl31.88092.82603.05473.05474.54233.36173.3617
Cl41.88092.82603.05473.05473.36173.36174.5423
Cl51.88092.82603.05473.05473.36174.54233.3617
Cl62.82601.88094.54233.36173.36173.05473.0547
Cl72.82601.88093.36173.36174.54233.05473.0547
Cl82.82601.88093.36174.54233.36173.05473.0547

picture of hexachloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl6 110.340 C1 C2 Cl7 110.340
C1 C2 Cl8 110.340 C2 C1 Cl3 110.340
C2 C1 Cl4 110.340 C2 C1 Cl5 110.340
Cl3 C1 Cl4 108.588 Cl3 C1 Cl5 108.588
Cl4 C1 Cl5 108.588 Cl6 C2 Cl7 108.588
Cl6 C2 Cl8 108.588 Cl7 C2 Cl8 108.588
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.516      
2 C -0.516      
3 Cl 0.172      
4 Cl 0.172      
5 Cl 0.172      
6 Cl 0.172      
7 Cl 0.172      
8 Cl 0.172      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -87.254 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -87.254 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -88.793
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.770 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.770 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.539
Polar
3z2-r2-3.078
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.309 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.309 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 9.655


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 588.186
(<r2>)1/2 24.253