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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl4 (Tetrachloroethylene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1917.042854
Energy at 298.15K-1917.042675
Nuclear repulsion energy486.440615
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/cc-pVTZ
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 1538 1534 0.00      
2 Ag 421 420 0.00      
3 Ag 228 228 0.00      
4 Au 93 93 0.00      
5 B1u 727 724 75.88      
6 B1u 299 298 0.06      
7 B2g 507 505 0.00      
8 B2u 813 811 211.98      
9 B2u 170 170 0.82      
10 B3g 894 891 0.00      
11 B3g 328 327 0.00      
12 B3u 279 278 0.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3148.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.997) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3139.3 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.05579 0.04503 0.02492

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.675
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.675
Cl3 0.000 1.470 1.612
Cl4 0.000 -1.470 1.612
Cl5 0.000 -1.470 -1.612
Cl6 0.000 1.470 -1.612

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.35081.74271.74272.71882.7188
C21.35082.71882.71881.74271.7427
Cl31.74272.71882.93954.36273.2238
Cl41.74272.71882.93953.22384.3627
Cl52.71881.74274.36273.22382.9395
Cl62.71881.74273.22384.36272.9395

picture of Tetrachloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 122.504 C1 C2 Cl6 122.504
C2 C1 Cl3 122.504 C2 C1 Cl4 122.504
Cl3 C1 Cl4 114.992 Cl5 C2 Cl6 114.992
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.046      
2 C 0.046      
3 Cl -0.023      
4 Cl -0.023      
5 Cl -0.023      
6 Cl -0.023      


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 -61.435 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -58.755 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -60.502
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.807 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.407
Polar
3z2-r2-0.813
x2-y2-2.680
xy0.000
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> 366.662
(<r2>)1/2 19.148