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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCCl3 (1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane)

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1906.682195
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1906.048491
Nuclear repulsion energy530.855565
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 CID/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 A' 3226 3002 3.00      
2 A' 1587 1477 10.64      
3 A' 1427 1328 6.05      
4 A' 1077 1002 8.74      
5 A' 860 800 40.29      
6 A' 776 722 100.20      
7 A' 569 530 19.16      
8 A' 397 369 1.56      
9 A' 323 301 1.02      
10 A' 255 237 0.12      
11 A' 163 152 0.73      
12 A" 3293 3064 0.97      
13 A" 1348 1255 9.14      
14 A" 1047 974 46.32      
15 A" 756 704 79.75      
16 A" 354 329 0.75      
17 A" 261 242 1.24      
18 A" 115 107 1.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8917.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8297.3 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.06161 0.03618 0.03416

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.266 0.289 0.000
C2 -1.269 0.367 0.000
Cl3 -2.047 -1.241 0.000
Cl4 0.863 1.984 0.000
Cl5 0.863 -0.540 1.460
Cl6 0.863 -0.540 -1.460
H7 -1.587 0.898 0.890
H8 -1.587 0.898 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.53682.77341.79661.78171.78172.14342.1434
C21.53681.78672.67522.73832.73831.08371.0837
Cl32.77341.78674.34363.33013.33012.36162.3616
Cl41.79662.67524.34362.91562.91562.82352.8235
Cl51.78172.73833.33012.91562.91912.89673.6862
Cl61.78172.73833.33012.91562.91913.68622.8967
H72.14341.08372.36162.82352.89673.68621.7804
H82.14341.08372.36162.82353.68622.89671.7804

picture of 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 112.909 C1 C2 H7 108.522
C1 C2 H8 108.522 C2 C1 Cl4 106.490
C2 C1 Cl5 110.996 C2 C1 Cl6 110.996
Cl3 C2 H7 108.215 Cl3 C2 H8 108.215
Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.131 Cl4 C1 Cl6 109.131
Cl5 C1 Cl6 110.005 H7 C2 H8 110.461
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability