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All results from a given calculation for CHClCCl2 (Trichloroethylene)

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-1457.179267
Energy at 298.15K-1457.180359
Nuclear repulsion energy316.833762
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 A' 3263 3122 12.81      
2 A' 1672 1600 12.33      
3 A' 1293 1237 9.57      
4 A' 947 906 111.37      
5 A' 859 822 123.21      
6 A' 642 614 14.54      
7 A' 393 376 0.13      
8 A' 282 270 0.34      
9 A' 173 165 0.89      
10 A" 809 774 30.51      
11 A" 478 457 3.87      
12 A" 208 199 0.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5509.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5270.5 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
0.12883 0.05049 0.03627

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 -1.031 -0.409 0.000
C2 0.000 0.441 0.000
H3 -2.051 -0.044 0.000
Cl4 -0.876 -2.120 0.000
Cl5 -0.290 2.147 0.000
Cl6 1.651 -0.036 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.33641.08331.71752.66192.7076
C21.33642.10752.70621.73111.7180
H31.08332.10752.38552.81123.7016
Cl41.71752.70622.38554.30723.2749
Cl52.66191.73112.81124.30722.9211
Cl62.70761.71803.70163.27492.9211

picture of Trichloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 119.854 C1 C2 Cl6 124.391
C2 C1 H3 120.787 C2 C1 Cl4 124.310
H3 C1 Cl4 114.903 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.755
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 -0.265     -0.119
2 C -0.203     -0.034
3 H 0.247     0.187
4 Cl 0.054     -0.032
5 Cl 0.072     -0.016
6 Cl 0.096     0.014


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.912 0.243 0.000 0.944
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -0.986 0.274 0.000 1.023


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.666 -0.871 0.000
y -0.871 -49.053 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.602
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.661 -0.871 0.000
y -0.871 -1.419 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.243
Polar
3z2-r2-4.485
x2-y23.387
xy-0.871
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> 258.393
(<r2>)1/2 16.075