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All results from a given calculation for CHClCCl2 (Trichloroethylene)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-55.569543
Energy at 298.15K-55.570812
Nuclear repulsion energy77.989208
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/CEP-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' 3452 3100 12.12      
2 A' 1843 1655 11.79      
3 A' 1387 1246 19.04      
4 A' 1042 936 110.51      
5 A' 915 821 124.45      
6 A' 679 610 17.08      
7 A' 412 370 0.03      
8 A' 294 264 0.47      
9 A' 182 164 1.17      
10 A" 930 835 32.01      
11 A" 501 450 6.53      
12 A" 223 200 0.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5929.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5324.6 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/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.12760 0.05008 0.03596

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.842 -0.596 0.000
C2 0.000 0.448 0.000
H3 -1.907 -0.450 0.000
Cl4 -0.330 -2.248 0.000
Cl5 -0.638 2.065 0.000
Cl6 1.722 0.332 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.34111.07541.72962.66812.7261
C21.34112.10792.71651.73781.7257
H31.07542.10792.39192.81623.7121
Cl41.72962.71652.39194.32363.2963
Cl52.66811.73782.81624.32362.9280
Cl62.72611.72573.71213.29632.9280

picture of Trichloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 119.574 C1 C2 Cl6 125.000
C2 C1 H3 121.064 C2 C1 Cl4 123.923
H3 C1 Cl4 115.013 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.426
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.202      
2 C 0.057      
3 H 0.297      
4 Cl -0.097      
5 Cl -0.060      
6 Cl 0.005      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.122 0.084 0.000 1.125
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.437 -0.214 0.000
y -0.214 -49.106 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.458
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.345 -0.214 0.000
y -0.214 -2.659 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.686
Polar
3z2-r2-3.373
x2-y24.669
xy-0.214
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.770 0.221 0.000
y 0.221 10.821 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.189


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.810
(<r2>)1/2 11.349