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All results from a given calculation for CHClCCl2 (Trichloroethylene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1457.184903
Energy at 298.15K-1457.186004
Nuclear repulsion energy316.837851
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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 3127 14.32      
2 A' 1661 1595 12.73      
3 A' 1280 1229 10.62      
4 A' 944 906 112.99      
5 A' 857 822 125.83      
6 A' 641 615 13.95      
7 A' 393 377 0.13      
8 A' 282 271 0.28      
9 A' 172 165 0.84      
10 A" 806 774 29.79      
11 A" 477 458 5.01      
12 A" 206 198 0.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5487.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5268.2 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.12891 0.05048 0.03627

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.032 -0.410 0.000
C2 0.000 0.442 0.000
H3 -2.051 -0.044 0.000
Cl4 -0.875 -2.120 0.000
Cl5 -0.290 2.147 0.000
Cl6 1.650 -0.036 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.33771.08301.71762.66272.7078
C21.33772.10782.70711.73041.7177
H31.08302.10782.38622.81143.7011
Cl41.71762.70712.38624.30763.2743
Cl52.66271.73042.81144.30762.9207
Cl62.70781.71773.70113.27432.9207

picture of Trichloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 119.881 C1 C2 Cl6 124.338
C2 C1 H3 120.729 C2 C1 Cl4 124.292
H3 C1 Cl4 114.979 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.782
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.652      
2 C -0.045      
3 H 0.225      
4 Cl 0.116      
5 Cl 0.146      
6 Cl 0.210      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.893 0.247 0.000 0.927
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.221 -0.947 0.000
y -0.947 -49.659 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -50.108
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.662 -0.947 0.000
y -0.947 -1.495 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.168
Polar
3z2-r2-4.336
x2-y23.438
xy-0.947
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 258.739
(<r2>)1/2 16.085