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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCCl3 (1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane)

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 CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1917.946900
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1917.946900
Nuclear repulsion energy530.691816
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3128 2993 4.93      
2 A' 1481 1417 7.10      
3 A' 1341 1283 12.14      
4 A' 1073 1027 16.19      
5 A' 821 786 36.80      
6 A' 755 722 164.82      
7 A' 555 531 25.01      
8 A' 386 369 2.76      
9 A' 312 298 1.27      
10 A' 243 233 0.07      
11 A' 152 146 0.77      
12 A" 3199 3061 0.05      
13 A" 1253 1199 11.35      
14 A" 988 945 64.77      
15 A" 719 688 117.66      
16 A" 339 324 1.24      
17 A" 247 236 0.93      
18 A" 112 107 1.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8551.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8181.3 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
0.06114 0.03610 0.03425

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.275 0.278 0.000
C2 -1.254 0.372 0.000
Cl3 -2.075 -1.205 0.000
Cl4 0.868 1.974 0.000
Cl5 0.868 -0.553 1.459
Cl6 0.868 -0.553 -1.459
H7 -1.564 0.918 0.893
H8 -1.564 0.918 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.53182.77881.79711.78071.78072.14252.1425
C21.53181.77812.65872.73652.73651.09141.0914
Cl32.77881.77814.33233.34923.34922.35852.3585
Cl41.79712.65874.33232.91842.91842.79852.7985
Cl51.78072.73653.34922.91842.91762.89863.6896
Cl61.78072.73653.34922.91842.91763.68962.8986
H72.14251.09142.35852.79852.89863.68961.7861
H82.14251.09142.35852.79853.68962.89861.7861

picture of 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 113.973 C1 C2 H7 108.350
C1 C2 H8 108.350 C2 C1 Cl4 105.732
C2 C1 Cl5 111.183 C2 C1 Cl6 111.183
Cl3 C2 H7 108.155 Cl3 C2 H8 108.155
Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.307 Cl4 C1 Cl6 109.307
Cl5 C1 Cl6 110.016 H7 C2 H8 109.818
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.334      
2 C -0.414      
3 Cl -0.000      
4 Cl 0.060      
5 Cl 0.083      
6 Cl 0.083      
7 H 0.261      
8 H 0.261      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.812 1.340 0.000 1.567
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -62.888 -2.928 0.000
y -2.928 -62.025 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -61.393
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.179 -2.928 0.000
y -2.928 0.116 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.064
Polar
3z2-r22.127
x2-y2-0.863
xy-2.928
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.194 1.253 0.000
y 1.253 10.037 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.634


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 343.503
(<r2>)1/2 18.534