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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl6 (hexachloroethane)

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 D3D 1A1g
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2837.376917
Energy at 298.15K-2837.377691
HF Energy-2837.376917
Nuclear repulsion energy1017.312451
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 A1g 981 933 0.00      
2 A1g 444 422 0.00      
3 A1g 227 216 0.00      
4 A1u 84 80 0.00      
5 A2u 696 662 64.85      
6 A2u 388 370 1.07      
7 Eg 868 826 0.00      
7 Eg 867 825 0.00      
8 Eg 346 330 0.00      
8 Eg 346 330 0.00      
9 Eg 226 215 0.00      
9 Eg 226 215 0.00      
10 Eu 790 752 234.16      
10 Eu 790 752 234.27      
11 Eu 285 272 0.00      
11 Eu 285 271 0.01      
12 Eu 166 158 0.19      
12 Eu 165 157 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4089.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3892.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.02878 0.02359 0.02359

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

Point Group is D3d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.794
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.794
Cl3 0.000 1.671 1.392
Cl4 -1.447 -0.835 1.392
Cl5 1.447 -0.835 1.392
Cl6 0.000 -1.671 -1.392
Cl7 -1.447 0.835 -1.392
Cl8 1.447 0.835 -1.392

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 Cl7 Cl8
C11.58801.77471.77471.77472.75152.75152.7515
C21.58802.75152.75152.75151.77471.77471.7747
Cl31.77472.75152.89422.89424.34963.24693.2469
Cl41.77472.75152.89422.89423.24693.24694.3496
Cl51.77472.75152.89422.89423.24694.34963.2469
Cl62.75151.77474.34963.24693.24692.89422.8942
Cl72.75151.77473.24693.24694.34962.89422.8942
Cl82.75151.77473.24694.34963.24692.89422.8942

picture of hexachloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl6 109.690 C1 C2 Cl7 109.690
C1 C2 Cl8 109.690 C2 C1 Cl3 109.690
C2 C1 Cl4 109.690 C2 C1 Cl5 109.690
Cl3 C1 Cl4 109.251 Cl3 C1 Cl5 109.251
Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.251 Cl6 C2 Cl7 109.251
Cl6 C2 Cl8 109.251 Cl7 C2 Cl8 109.251
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 -0.399      
2 C -0.399      
3 Cl 0.133      
4 Cl 0.133      
5 Cl 0.133      
6 Cl 0.133      
7 Cl 0.133      
8 Cl 0.133      


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 -84.901 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -84.902 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -87.023
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.062 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.060 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.122
Polar
3z2-r2-4.244
x2-y20.001
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 14.371 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.368 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 12.793


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 543.466
(<r2>)1/2 23.312