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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl4 (Tetrachloroethylene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1917.220333
Energy at 298.15K-1917.220455
Nuclear repulsion energy493.866650
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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 1651 1585 0.00      
2 Ag 461 443 0.00      
3 Ag 253 243 0.00      
4 Au 99 95 0.00      
5 B1u 793 761 80.23      
6 B1u 325 312 0.52      
7 B2g 550 528 0.00      
8 B2u 920 883 236.33      
9 B2u 195 187 0.80      
10 B3g 997 957 0.00      
11 B3g 350 336 0.00      
12 B3u 300 288 1.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3445.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3308.3 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
0.05754 0.04638 0.02568

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.670
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.670
Cl3 0.000 1.447 1.588
Cl4 0.000 -1.447 1.588
Cl5 0.000 -1.447 -1.588
Cl6 0.000 1.447 -1.588

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.33971.71391.71392.68182.6818
C21.33972.68182.68181.71391.7139
Cl31.71392.68182.89454.29693.1757
Cl41.71392.68182.89453.17574.2969
Cl52.68181.71394.29693.17572.8945
Cl62.68181.71393.17574.29692.8945

picture of Tetrachloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 122.388 C1 C2 Cl6 122.388
C2 C1 Cl3 122.388 C2 C1 Cl4 122.388
Cl3 C1 Cl4 115.224 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.224
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.151      
2 C -0.151      
3 Cl 0.075      
4 Cl 0.075      
5 Cl 0.075      
6 Cl 0.075      


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 -62.231 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -58.914 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -60.932
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.308 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.667 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.360
Polar
3z2-r2-0.719
x2-y2-3.317
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.884 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.854 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 12.340


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000