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All results from a given calculation for C2F4 (Tetrafluoroethylene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-475.327266
Energy at 298.15K-475.328238
Nuclear repulsion energy244.066943
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 1939 1855 0.00      
2 Ag 806 771 0.00      
3 Ag 393 376 0.00      
4 Au 195 187 0.00      
5 B1u 1215 1162 359.15      
6 B1u 548 525 1.82      
7 B2g 487 466 0.00      
8 B2u 1382 1323 385.65      
9 B2u 200 192 4.58      
10 B3g 1388 1328 0.00      
11 B3g 549 525 0.00      
12 B3u 421 403 3.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4762.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4555.9 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.18149 0.10804 0.06772

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.663
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.663
F3 0.000 1.106 1.384
F4 0.000 -1.106 1.384
F5 0.000 -1.106 -1.384
F6 0.000 1.106 -1.384

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 F5 F6
C11.32581.31981.31982.32612.3261
C21.32582.32612.32611.31981.3198
F31.31982.32612.21123.54222.7673
F41.31982.32612.21122.76733.5422
F52.32611.31983.54222.76732.2112
F62.32611.31982.76733.54222.2112

picture of Tetrafluoroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F5 123.102 C1 C2 F6 123.102
C2 C1 F3 123.102 C2 C1 F4 123.102
F3 C1 F4 113.796 F5 C2 F6 113.796
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.469     0.183
2 C 0.469     0.183
3 F -0.234     -0.091
4 F -0.234     -0.091
5 F -0.234     -0.091
6 F -0.234     -0.091


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 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.524 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.866 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.937
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.377 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.136 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.242
Polar
3z2-r2-2.483
x2-y22.342
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.002
(<r2>)1/2 11.705