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All results from a given calculation for C2Br4 (tetrabromoethene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-10322.193385
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-10322.193385
Nuclear repulsion energy1477.437236
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/3-21G*
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 1535 1464 0.00 44.01 0.23 0.37
2 Ag 272 259 0.00 11.92 0.15 0.26
3 Ag 137 131 0.00 2.86 0.68 0.81
4 Au 61 58 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 645 615 28.43 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 180 172 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 500 477 0.00 2.27 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 789 753 137.48 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 112 107 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 893 851 0.00 0.44 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 219 209 0.00 2.36 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 236 225 4.75 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2789.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2659.4 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.02088 0.01875 0.00988

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.677
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.677
Br3 0.000 1.599 1.677
Br4 0.000 -1.599 1.677
Br5 0.000 -1.599 -1.677
Br6 0.000 1.599 -1.677

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Br4 Br5 Br6
C11.35411.88631.88632.84622.8462
C21.35412.84622.84621.88631.8863
Br31.88632.84623.19854.63503.3546
Br41.88632.84623.19853.35464.6350
Br52.84621.88634.63503.35463.1985
Br62.84621.88633.35464.63503.1985

picture of tetrabromoethene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Br5 122.023 C1 C2 Br6 122.023
C2 C1 Br3 122.023 C2 C1 Br4 122.023
Br3 C1 Br4 115.953 Br5 C2 Br6 115.953
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.143      
2 C -0.143      
3 Br 0.071      
4 Br 0.071      
5 Br 0.071      
6 Br 0.071      


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 -83.911 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -75.619 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -79.193
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.505 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.933 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.572
Polar
3z2-r21.144
x2-y2-8.292
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.913 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 15.794 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.872


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 807.129
(<r2>)1/2 28.410