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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl6 (hexachloroethane)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3D 1A1g
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2837.514302
Energy at 298.15K-2837.515094
HF Energy-2837.514302
Nuclear repulsion energy1017.125479
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
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 997 955 0.00      
2 A1g 443 424 0.00      
3 A1g 225 216 0.00      
4 A1u 86 83 0.00      
5 A2u 694 665 68.53      
6 A2u 385 369 0.81      
7 Eg 863 827 0.00      
7 Eg 863 827 0.00      
8 Eg 345 331 0.00      
8 Eg 345 331 0.00      
9 Eg 227 217 0.00      
9 Eg 227 217 0.00      
10 Eu 794 761 248.72      
10 Eu 794 761 248.75      
11 Eu 282 271 0.00      
11 Eu 282 271 0.00      
12 Eu 167 160 0.28      
12 Eu 167 160 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4092.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3922.1 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.02871 0.02361 0.02361

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D3d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.791
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.791
Cl3 0.000 1.673 1.390
Cl4 -1.449 -0.836 1.390
Cl5 1.449 -0.836 1.390
Cl6 0.000 -1.673 -1.390
Cl7 -1.449 0.836 -1.390
Cl8 1.449 0.836 -1.390

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 Cl7 Cl8
C11.58251.77681.77681.77682.74872.74872.7487
C21.58252.74872.74872.74871.77681.77681.7768
Cl31.77682.74872.89762.89764.34983.24423.2442
Cl41.77682.74872.89762.89763.24423.24424.3498
Cl51.77682.74872.89762.89763.24424.34983.2442
Cl62.74871.77684.34983.24423.24422.89762.8976
Cl72.74871.77683.24423.24424.34982.89762.8976
Cl82.74871.77683.24424.34983.24422.89762.8976

picture of hexachloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl6 109.686 C1 C2 Cl7 109.686
C1 C2 Cl8 109.686 C2 C1 Cl3 109.686
C2 C1 Cl4 109.686 C2 C1 Cl5 109.686
Cl3 C1 Cl4 109.256 Cl3 C1 Cl5 109.256
Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.256 Cl6 C2 Cl7 109.256
Cl6 C2 Cl8 109.256 Cl7 C2 Cl8 109.256
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.242      
2 C -0.242      
3 Cl 0.081      
4 Cl 0.081      
5 Cl 0.081      
6 Cl 0.081      
7 Cl 0.081      
8 Cl 0.081      


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 -83.632 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -83.632 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -86.067
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.218 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.218 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.436
Polar
3z2-r2-4.872
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 12.559 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.559 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.111


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 542.730
(<r2>)1/2 23.297