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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl6 (hexachloroethane)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3D 1A1g
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2836.441108
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2836.441108
Nuclear repulsion energy1018.529676
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 1013 974 0.00 4.88 0.23 0.37
2 A1g 446 429 0.00 29.40 0.01 0.03
3 A1g 222 214 0.00 1.25 0.32 0.49
4 A1u 85 81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 A2u 696 670 52.15 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 A2u 384 370 0.69 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 Eg 861 828 0.00 13.28 0.75 0.86
7 Eg 861 828 0.00 13.34 0.75 0.86
8 Eg 346 332 0.00 5.62 0.75 0.86
8 Eg 346 332 0.00 5.61 0.75 0.86
9 Eg 225 216 0.00 2.46 0.75 0.86
9 Eg 225 216 0.00 2.46 0.75 0.86
10 Eu 796 766 207.73 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 Eu 796 766 207.74 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 Eu 280 270 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 Eu 280 270 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 Eu 164 158 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 Eu 164 158 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4095.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3937.9 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.02879 0.02368 0.02368

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D3d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.789
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.789
Cl3 0.000 1.671 1.388
Cl4 -1.447 -0.835 1.388
Cl5 1.447 -0.835 1.388
Cl6 0.000 -1.671 -1.388
Cl7 -1.447 0.835 -1.388
Cl8 1.447 0.835 -1.388

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 Cl7 Cl8
C11.57791.77481.77481.77482.74402.74402.7440
C21.57792.74402.74402.74401.77481.77481.7748
Cl31.77482.74402.89372.89374.34393.23973.2397
Cl41.77482.74402.89372.89373.23973.23974.3439
Cl51.77482.74402.89372.89373.23974.34393.2397
Cl62.74401.77484.34393.23973.23972.89372.8937
Cl72.74401.77483.23973.23974.34392.89372.8937
Cl82.74401.77483.23974.34393.23972.89372.8937

picture of hexachloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl6 109.723 C1 C2 Cl7 109.723
C1 C2 Cl8 109.723 C2 C1 Cl3 109.723
C2 C1 Cl4 109.723 C2 C1 Cl5 109.723
Cl3 C1 Cl4 109.219 Cl3 C1 Cl5 109.219
Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.219 Cl6 C2 Cl7 109.219
Cl6 C2 Cl8 109.219 Cl7 C2 Cl8 109.219
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.327      
2 C -0.327      
3 Cl 0.109      
4 Cl 0.109      
5 Cl 0.109      
6 Cl 0.109      
7 Cl 0.109      
8 Cl 0.109      


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 -84.295 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -84.295 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -86.645
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.175 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.175 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.350
Polar
3z2-r2-4.699
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 15.909 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 15.910 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.850


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 541.771
(<r2>)1/2 23.276