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All results from a given calculation for CDCl3 (trichloromethane-d)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1415.622376
Energy at 298.15K-1415.622256
HF Energy-1415.622376
Nuclear repulsion energy263.540120
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 LSDA/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 A1 2279 2245 0.20      
2 A1 655 645 3.77      
3 A1 368 363 0.23      
4 E 885 872 70.22      
4 E 885 872 70.23      
5 E 725 714 148.92      
5 E 725 714 148.92      
6 E 257 254 0.04      
6 E 257 254 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3518.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3465.5 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
0.10770 0.10770 0.05674

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.450
H2 0.000 0.000 1.548
Cl3 0.000 1.683 -0.083
Cl4 1.457 -0.841 -0.083
Cl5 -1.457 -0.841 -0.083

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.09831.76531.76531.7653
H21.09832.34382.34382.3438
Cl31.76532.34382.91482.9148
Cl41.76532.34382.91482.9148
Cl51.76532.34382.91482.9148

picture of trichloromethane-d state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
D2 C1 Cl3 107.577 D2 C1 Cl4 107.577
D2 C1 Cl5 107.577 Cl3 C1 Cl4 111.298
Cl3 C1 Cl5 111.298 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.298
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.606      
2 H 0.314      
3 Cl 0.097      
4 Cl 0.097      
5 Cl 0.097      


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 1.219 1.219
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.675 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -44.675 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.433
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.121 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.121 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.242
Polar
3z2-r24.484
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 8.236 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.236 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 5.423


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 175.831
(<r2>)1/2 13.260