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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl6 (hexachloroethane)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2824.251137
Energy at 298.15K-2824.251257
HF Energy-2824.251137
Nuclear repulsion energy992.854524
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/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 A1g 844 839 0.00      
2 A1g 389 387 0.00      
3 A1g 209 208 0.00      
4 A1u 75 75 0.00      
5 A2u 620 616 67.63      
6 A2u 350 347 0.16      
7 Eg 730 725 0.00      
7 Eg 730 725 0.00      
8 Eg 307 305 0.00      
8 Eg 307 305 0.00      
9 Eg 210 208 0.00      
9 Eg 210 208 0.00      
10 Eu 658 654 263.22      
10 Eu 658 654 263.26      
11 Eu 260 258 0.03      
11 Eu 260 258 0.03      
12 Eu 154 153 0.60      
12 Eu 154 153 0.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3562.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3539.6 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.02723 0.02257 0.02257

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

Point Group is D3d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.803
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.803
Cl3 0.000 1.718 1.418
Cl4 -1.488 -0.859 1.418
Cl5 1.488 -0.859 1.418
Cl6 0.000 -1.718 -1.418
Cl7 -1.488 0.859 -1.418
Cl8 1.488 0.859 -1.418

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 Cl7 Cl8
C11.60691.82441.82441.82442.80802.80802.8080
C21.60692.80802.80802.80801.82441.82441.8244
Cl31.82442.80802.97542.97544.45473.31533.3153
Cl41.82442.80802.97542.97543.31533.31534.4547
Cl51.82442.80802.97542.97543.31534.45473.3153
Cl62.80801.82444.45473.31533.31532.97542.9754
Cl72.80801.82443.31533.31534.45472.97542.9754
Cl82.80801.82443.31534.45473.31532.97542.9754

picture of hexachloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl6 109.677 C1 C2 Cl7 109.677
C1 C2 Cl8 109.677 C2 C1 Cl3 109.677
C2 C1 Cl4 109.677 C2 C1 Cl5 109.677
Cl3 C1 Cl4 109.265 Cl3 C1 Cl5 109.265
Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.265 Cl6 C2 Cl7 109.265
Cl6 C2 Cl8 109.265 Cl7 C2 Cl8 109.265
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.337      
2 C -0.337      
3 Cl 0.112      
4 Cl 0.112      
5 Cl 0.112      
6 Cl 0.112      
7 Cl 0.112      
8 Cl 0.112      


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 -85.340 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -85.340 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -87.326
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.993 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.993 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.986
Polar
3z2-r2-3.972
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 13.183 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.183 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 10.638


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 567.500
(<r2>)1/2 23.822