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All results from a given calculation for CCl3 (Trichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3 2A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1418.561078
Energy at 298.15K-1418.561007
HF Energy-1418.561078
Nuclear repulsion energy246.104343
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/6-31G*
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 450 446 0.01      
2 A1 347 344 0.12      
3 E 796 790 234.66      
3 E 796 790 234.57      
4 E 262 260 0.01      
4 E 262 260 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1456.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1444.6 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.10755 0.10755 0.05421

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.298
Cl2 0.000 1.742 -0.035
Cl3 1.509 -0.871 -0.035
Cl4 -1.509 -0.871 -0.035

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.77351.77351.7735
Cl21.77353.01713.0171
Cl31.77353.01713.0171
Cl41.77353.01713.0171

picture of Trichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 Cl3 116.552 Cl2 C1 Cl4 116.552
Cl3 C1 Cl4 116.552
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.254      
2 Cl 0.085      
3 Cl 0.085      
4 Cl 0.085      


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 -0.257 0.257
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.830 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.194
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.682 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.682 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.364
Polar
3z2-r2-2.727
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 7.675 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.675 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.167


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 178.207
(<r2>)1/2 13.349