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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3 2A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1418.640405
Energy at 298.15K-1418.640486
HF Energy-1418.640405
Nuclear repulsion energy251.294928
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
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 502 478 0.03      
2 A1 324 309 0.17      
3 E 923 878 209.56      
3 E 923 878 209.66      
4 E 282 268 0.15      
4 E 282 268 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1617.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1539.8 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.11195 0.11195 0.05631

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.257
Cl2 0.000 1.689 -0.030
Cl3 1.463 -0.845 -0.030
Cl4 -1.463 -0.845 -0.030

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.71361.71361.7136
Cl21.71362.92602.9260
Cl31.71362.92602.9260
Cl41.71362.92602.9260

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 117.246 Cl2 C1 Cl4 117.246
Cl3 C1 Cl4 117.246
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.309      
2 Cl 0.103      
3 Cl 0.103      
4 Cl 0.103      


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 -0.149 0.149
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.078 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -42.078 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.586
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.754 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.754 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.508
Polar
3z2-r2-3.016
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 7.991 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.991 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.429


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 172.585
(<r2>)1/2 13.137