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All results from a given calculation for C2F6 (hexafluoroethane)

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3D 1A1g
Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-665.423712
Energy at 298.15K-665.424924
Nuclear repulsion energy428.868189
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 BLYP/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1' 1070 990 0.00      
2 A1' 697 645 0.00      
3 A1' 251 232 0.00      
4 A1" 13 12 0.00      
5 A2" 997 922 161.20      
6 A2" 597 553 40.50      
7 E' 1214 1123 216.37      
7 E' 1214 1123 216.37      
8 E' 423 392 2.94      
8 E' 423 392 2.94      
9 E' 145 135 0.39      
9 E' 145 135 0.39      
10 E" 1255 1161 0.00      
10 E" 1255 1161 0.00      
11 E" 504 466 0.00      
11 E" 504 466 0.00      
12 E" 293 271 0.00      
12 E" 293 271 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5645.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5223.0 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.08318 0.05121 0.05121

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

Point Group is D3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.878
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.878
F3 0.000 1.333 1.355
F4 -1.155 -0.667 1.355
F5 1.155 -0.667 1.355
F6 0.000 1.333 -1.355
F7 1.155 -0.667 -1.355
F8 -1.155 -0.667 -1.355

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.75611.41611.41611.41612.60102.60102.6010
C21.75612.60102.60102.60101.41611.41611.4161
F31.41612.60102.30952.30952.71023.56083.5608
F41.41612.60102.30952.30953.56083.56082.7102
F51.41612.60102.30952.30953.56082.71023.5608
F62.60101.41612.71023.56083.56082.30952.3095
F72.60101.41613.56083.56082.71022.30952.3095
F82.60101.41613.56082.71023.56082.30952.3095

picture of hexafluoroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F6 109.685 C1 C2 F7 109.685
C1 C2 F8 109.685 C2 C1 F3 109.685
C2 C1 F4 109.685 C2 C1 F5 109.685
F3 C1 F4 109.256 F3 C1 F5 109.256
F4 C1 F5 109.256 F6 C2 F7 109.256
F6 C2 F8 109.256 F7 C2 F8 109.256
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.204      
2 C 0.204      
3 F -0.068      
4 F -0.068      
5 F -0.068      
6 F -0.068      
7 F -0.068      
8 F -0.068      


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 -35.238 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.238 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.699
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.269 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.269 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.539
Polar
3z2-r21.077
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.604 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.878


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 226.317
(<r2>)1/2 15.044