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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl4 (Tetrachloroethylene)

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-1916.711792
Energy at 298.15K-1916.711840
Nuclear repulsion energy491.927954
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 1644 1573 0.00      
2 Ag 459 440 0.00      
3 Ag 244 233 0.00      
4 Au 99 95 0.00      
5 B1u 792 758 76.84      
6 B1u 322 308 0.06      
7 B2g 546 523 0.00      
8 B2u 918 879 224.08      
9 B2u 182 174 0.95      
10 B3g 1002 959 0.00      
11 B3g 350 335 0.00      
12 B3u 301 288 0.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3429.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3281.3 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.05706 0.04604 0.02548

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 0.674
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.674
Cl3 0.000 1.453 1.594
Cl4 0.000 -1.453 1.594
Cl5 0.000 -1.453 -1.594
Cl6 0.000 1.453 -1.594

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.34711.72011.72012.69302.6930
C21.34712.69302.69301.72011.7201
Cl31.72012.69302.90664.31373.1874
Cl41.72012.69302.90663.18744.3137
Cl52.69301.72014.31373.18742.9066
Cl62.69301.72013.18744.31372.9066

picture of Tetrachloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 122.339 C1 C2 Cl6 122.339
C2 C1 Cl3 122.339 C2 C1 Cl4 122.339
Cl3 C1 Cl4 115.321 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.321
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 -0.213     -0.002
2 C -0.213     -0.002
3 Cl 0.106     0.001
4 Cl 0.106     0.001
5 Cl 0.106     0.001
6 Cl 0.106     0.001


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 -61.052 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -58.194 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -59.728
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.091 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.196 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.105
Polar
3z2-r2-0.209
x2-y2-2.858
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> 359.038
(<r2>)1/2 18.948