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All results from a given calculation for C2Br4 (tetrabromoethene)

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 D2H 1AG
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-10323.886482
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-10323.886482
Nuclear repulsion energy1462.949401
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 Ag 1515 1505 0.00 37.62 0.24 0.39
2 Ag 260 258 0.00 13.36 0.15 0.26
3 Ag 136 135 0.00 3.02 0.68 0.81
4 Au 59 58 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 B1u 619 615 31.10 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 B1u 177 176 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 B2g 490 486 0.00 2.48 0.75 0.86
8 B2u 741 737 137.84 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 B2u 111 110 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 B3g 855 850 0.00 2.01 0.75 0.86
11 B3g 212 211 0.00 2.76 0.75 0.86
12 B3u 232 231 3.84 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2703.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2685.4 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
0.02056 0.01831 0.00968

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.676
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.676
Br3 0.000 1.612 1.698
Br4 0.000 -1.612 1.698
Br5 0.000 -1.612 -1.698
Br6 0.000 1.612 -1.698

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Br4 Br5 Br6
C11.35241.90811.90812.86922.8692
C21.35242.86922.86921.90811.9081
Br31.90812.86923.22354.68173.3952
Br41.90812.86923.22353.39524.6817
Br52.86921.90814.68173.39523.2235
Br62.86921.90813.39524.68173.2235

picture of tetrabromoethene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Br5 122.364 C1 C2 Br6 122.364
C2 C1 Br3 122.364 C2 C1 Br4 122.364
Br3 C1 Br4 115.272 Br5 C2 Br6 115.272
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 -0.111      
2 C -0.111      
3 Br 0.056      
4 Br 0.056      
5 Br 0.056      
6 Br 0.056      


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 -83.802 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -75.919 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -79.331
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.177 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.648 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.529
Polar
3z2-r21.058
x2-y2-7.884
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.884 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 15.987 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.006


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 822.391
(<r2>)1/2 28.677