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All results from a given calculation for CHClCCl2 (Trichloroethylene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1457.367237
Energy at 298.15K-1457.368298
Nuclear repulsion energy315.232173
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 B3LYP/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 A' 3251 3123 13.30      
2 A' 1660 1595 12.03      
3 A' 1282 1232 9.89      
4 A' 923 887 105.99      
5 A' 835 802 125.15      
6 A' 628 604 15.80      
7 A' 386 371 0.12      
8 A' 279 268 0.34      
9 A' 173 166 0.91      
10 A" 807 775 27.00      
11 A" 471 452 3.22      
12 A" 205 197 0.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5448.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5234.9 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.12744 0.04998 0.03590

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.036 -0.403 0.000
C2 0.000 0.441 0.000
H3 -2.053 -0.033 0.000
Cl4 -0.892 -2.126 0.000
Cl5 -0.281 2.160 0.000
Cl6 1.660 -0.045 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.33601.08201.72912.67192.7190
C21.33602.10662.71741.74231.7291
H31.08202.10662.39332.81923.7121
Cl41.72912.71742.39334.32963.2927
Cl52.67191.74232.81924.32962.9375
Cl62.71901.72913.71213.29272.9375

picture of Trichloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 119.873 C1 C2 Cl6 124.524
C2 C1 H3 120.841 C2 C1 Cl4 124.392
H3 C1 Cl4 114.767 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.603
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.172      
2 C -0.172      
3 H 0.178      
4 Cl 0.036      
5 Cl 0.054      
6 Cl 0.077      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.916 0.252 0.000 0.950
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.960 -0.891 0.000
y -0.891 -49.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.651
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.554 -0.891 0.000
y -0.891 -1.572 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.982
Polar
3z2-r2-3.964
x2-y23.417
xy-0.891
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.190 0.777 0.000
y 0.777 10.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.448


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.875
(<r2>)1/2 16.152