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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl4 (Tetrachloroethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1916.156689
Energy at 298.15K-1916.156581
Nuclear repulsion energy488.336516
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 PBEPBE/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 Ag 1577 1568 0.00      
2 Ag 443 440 0.00      
3 Ag 232 231 0.00      
4 Au 94 94 0.00      
5 B1u 759 755 80.46      
6 B1u 307 305 0.09      
7 B2g 488 485 0.00      
8 B2u 881 876 232.95      
9 B2u 171 170 0.84      
10 B3g 949 944 0.00      
11 B3g 337 335 0.00      
12 B3u 279 278 1.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3258.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3239.6 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.05608 0.04549 0.02512

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.681
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.681
Cl3 0.000 1.466 1.603
Cl4 0.000 -1.466 1.603
Cl5 0.000 -1.466 -1.603
Cl6 0.000 1.466 -1.603

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.36211.73181.73182.71402.7140
C21.36212.71402.71401.73181.7318
Cl31.73182.71402.93184.34453.2062
Cl41.73182.71402.93183.20624.3445
Cl52.71401.73184.34453.20622.9318
Cl62.71401.73183.20624.34452.9318

picture of Tetrachloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 122.170 C1 C2 Cl6 122.170
C2 C1 Cl3 122.170 C2 C1 Cl4 122.170
Cl3 C1 Cl4 115.661 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.661
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.085      
2 C -0.085      
3 Cl 0.042      
4 Cl 0.042      
5 Cl 0.042      
6 Cl 0.042      


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 -61.057 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -57.444 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -59.312
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.680 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.741 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.061
Polar
3z2-r2-0.122
x2-y2-3.614
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.972 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 12.124


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 363.460
(<r2>)1/2 19.065