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All results from a given calculation for CHClCCl2 (Trichloroethylene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1454.719154
Energy at 298.15K-1454.720502
HF Energy-1454.719154
Nuclear repulsion energy318.122278
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 HF/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' 3446 3096 12.13      
2 A' 1842 1655 8.54      
3 A' 1419 1275 13.70      
4 A' 1045 938 98.54      
5 A' 917 824 113.47      
6 A' 687 617 15.30      
7 A' 421 378 0.03      
8 A' 302 271 0.47      
9 A' 189 170 1.19      
10 A" 960 862 27.96      
11 A" 536 482 4.11      
12 A" 230 207 1.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5995.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5387.1 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.12972 0.05085 0.03653

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.022 -0.394 0.000
C2 0.000 0.433 0.000
H3 -2.025 -0.020 0.000
Cl4 -0.898 -2.106 0.000
Cl5 -0.270 2.139 0.000
Cl6 1.647 -0.045 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.31471.07001.71692.64192.6922
C21.31472.07532.69301.72691.7153
H31.07002.07532.37082.78283.6724
Cl41.71692.69302.37084.29093.2746
Cl52.64191.72692.78284.29092.9059
Cl62.69221.71533.67243.27462.9059

picture of Trichloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 119.979 C1 C2 Cl6 124.848
C2 C1 H3 120.626 C2 C1 Cl4 124.797
H3 C1 Cl4 114.576 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.173
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.252      
2 C -0.193      
3 H 0.269      
4 Cl 0.033      
5 Cl 0.059      
6 Cl 0.083      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.099 0.285 0.000 1.136
CHELPG -1.186 0.296 0.000 1.223
AIM        
ESP -1.182 0.318 0.000 1.224


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.641 -0.967 0.005
y -0.967 -50.713 -0.001
z 0.005 -0.001 -50.439
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.934 -0.967 0.005
y -0.967 -2.173 -0.001
z 0.005 -0.001 -1.761
Polar
3z2-r2-3.523
x2-y24.072
xy-0.967
xz0.005
yz-0.001


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.794 0.937 0.002
y 0.937 10.145 0.000
z 0.002 0.000 3.369


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 257.452
(<r2>)1/2 16.045