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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl6 (hexachloroethane)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3D 1A1g
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2836.277398
Energy at 298.15K-2836.278195
HF Energy-2836.277398
Nuclear repulsion energy1018.612876
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
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 987 938 0.00      
2 A1g 447 425 0.00      
3 A1g 228 217 0.00      
4 A1u 87 83 0.00      
5 A2u 700 665 70.28      
6 A2u 391 371 1.21      
7 Eg 873 830 0.00      
7 Eg 873 830 0.00      
8 Eg 349 332 0.00      
8 Eg 349 332 0.00      
9 Eg 229 218 0.00      
9 Eg 229 218 0.00      
10 Eu 799 759 248.77      
10 Eu 799 759 248.84      
11 Eu 288 273 0.02      
11 Eu 288 273 0.02      
12 Eu 169 160 0.29      
12 Eu 169 160 0.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4126.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3921.3 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.02882 0.02367 0.02367

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is D3d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.794
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.794
Cl3 0.000 1.670 1.389
Cl4 -1.446 -0.835 1.389
Cl5 1.446 -0.835 1.389
Cl6 0.000 -1.670 -1.389
Cl7 -1.446 0.835 -1.389
Cl8 1.446 0.835 -1.389

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 Cl7 Cl8
C11.58711.77261.77261.77262.74782.74782.7478
C21.58712.74782.74782.74781.77261.77261.7726
Cl31.77262.74782.89212.89214.34353.24073.2407
Cl41.77262.74782.89212.89213.24073.24074.3435
Cl51.77262.74782.89212.89213.24074.34353.2407
Cl62.74781.77264.34353.24073.24072.89212.8921
Cl72.74781.77263.24073.24074.34352.89212.8921
Cl82.74781.77263.24074.34353.24072.89212.8921

picture of hexachloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl6 109.619 C1 C2 Cl7 109.619
C1 C2 Cl8 109.619 C2 C1 Cl3 109.619
C2 C1 Cl4 109.619 C2 C1 Cl5 109.619
Cl3 C1 Cl4 109.323 Cl3 C1 Cl5 109.323
Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.323 Cl6 C2 Cl7 109.323
Cl6 C2 Cl8 109.323 Cl7 C2 Cl8 109.323
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.347      
2 C -0.347      
3 Cl 0.116      
4 Cl 0.116      
5 Cl 0.116      
6 Cl 0.116      
7 Cl 0.116      
8 Cl 0.116      


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 -84.530 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -84.530 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -86.486
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.978 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.978 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.955
Polar
3z2-r2-3.911
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 12.498 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.498 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.454


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 541.851
(<r2>)1/2 23.278