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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl4 (Tetrachloroethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1906.798707
Energy at 298.15K-1906.798391
Nuclear repulsion energy476.338694
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 PBEPBE/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 1638 1623 0.00      
2 Ag 397 394 0.00      
3 Ag 214 212 0.00      
4 Au 94 93 0.00      
5 B1u 695 689 70.27      
6 B1u 277 275 0.00      
7 B2g 504 500 0.00      
8 B2u 807 800 228.70      
9 B2u 163 161 1.71      
10 B3g 879 871 0.00      
11 B3g 325 322 0.00      
12 B3u 266 264 1.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3129.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3101.0 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.05270 0.04387 0.02394

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.668
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.668
Cl3 0.000 1.512 1.634
Cl4 0.000 -1.512 1.634
Cl5 0.000 -1.512 -1.634
Cl6 0.000 1.512 -1.634

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.33631.79451.79452.75462.7546
C21.33632.75462.75461.79451.7945
Cl31.79452.75463.02454.45323.2686
Cl41.79452.75463.02453.26864.4532
Cl52.75461.79454.45323.26863.0245
Cl62.75461.79453.26864.45323.0245

picture of Tetrachloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 122.573 C1 C2 Cl6 122.573
C2 C1 Cl3 122.573 C2 C1 Cl4 122.573
Cl3 C1 Cl4 114.853 Cl5 C2 Cl6 114.853
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.462      
2 C -0.462      
3 Cl 0.231      
4 Cl 0.231      
5 Cl 0.231      
6 Cl 0.231      


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        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -62.754 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -60.181 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -61.254
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.037 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.824 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.214
Polar
3z2-r20.427
x2-y2-2.574
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.563 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.820 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 11.167


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 380.831
(<r2>)1/2 19.515