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All results from a given calculation for CHClCCl2 (Trichloroethylene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1457.365681
Energy at 298.15K-1457.366730
Nuclear repulsion energy315.214363
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 B3LYP/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 A' 3256 3126 12.19      
2 A' 1660 1594 11.82      
3 A' 1293 1242 10.04      
4 A' 924 888 105.28      
5 A' 836 803 125.98      
6 A' 629 604 15.78      
7 A' 386 371 0.13      
8 A' 279 268 0.35      
9 A' 173 166 0.91      
10 A" 808 776 27.75      
11 A" 470 452 3.15      
12 A" 205 197 0.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5458.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5242.0 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.12739 0.04998 0.03590

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.035 -0.405 0.000
C2 0.000 0.441 0.000
H3 -2.053 -0.037 0.000
Cl4 -0.889 -2.128 0.000
Cl5 -0.285 2.160 0.000
Cl6 1.660 -0.043 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.33641.08261.72872.67212.7187
C21.33642.10752.71791.74251.7289
H31.08262.10752.39282.81953.7125
Cl41.72872.71792.39284.32973.2928
Cl52.67211.74252.81954.32972.9384
Cl62.71871.72893.71253.29282.9384

picture of Trichloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 119.854 C1 C2 Cl6 124.489
C2 C1 H3 120.845 C2 C1 Cl4 124.434
H3 C1 Cl4 114.720 Cl5 C2 Cl6 115.657
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.227 -0.057 0.125 -0.089
2 C -0.161 0.052 0.164 -0.031
3 H 0.221 0.146 0.125 0.174
4 Cl 0.038 -0.063 -0.158 -0.041
5 Cl 0.053 -0.056 -0.136 -0.021
6 Cl 0.077 -0.022 -0.120 0.009


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.917 0.246 0.000 0.949
CHELPG -0.989 0.264 0.000 1.023
AIM 0.398 -0.024 0.000 0.399
ESP -0.994 0.279 0.000 1.033


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.954 -0.881 0.000
y -0.881 -49.369 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.662
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.562 -0.881 0.000
y -0.881 -1.562 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.000
Polar
3z2-r2-4.001
x2-y23.416
xy-0.881
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.172 0.779 0.000
y 0.779 10.952 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 3.436


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 260.908
(<r2>)1/2 16.153