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All results from a given calculation for C2Cl4 (Tetrachloroethylene)

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1916.960572
Energy at 298.15K-1916.960453
HF Energy-1916.960572
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B97D3/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 1574 1543 0.00      
2 Ag 438 429 0.00      
3 Ag 239 234 0.00      
4 Au 92 90 0.00      
5 B1u 752 737 82.15      
6 B1u 313 307 0.08      
7 B2g 502 492 0.00      
8 B2u 855 838 250.50      
9 B2u 176 173 0.96      
10 B3g 938 919 0.00      
11 B3g 337 330 0.00      
12 B3u 287 281 0.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3251.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3187.5 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.05638 0.04545 0.02516

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.679
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.679
Cl3 0.000 1.462 1.604
Cl4 0.000 -1.462 1.604
Cl5 0.000 -1.462 -1.604
Cl6 0.000 1.462 -1.604

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
C11.35721.73031.73032.71072.7107
C21.35722.71072.71071.73031.7303
Cl31.73032.71072.92414.34063.2079
Cl41.73032.71072.92413.20794.3406
Cl52.71071.73034.34063.20792.9241
Cl62.71071.73033.20794.34062.9241

picture of Tetrachloroethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl5 120.293 C1 C2 Cl6 120.293
C2 C1 Cl3 120.293 C2 C1 Cl4 120.293
Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.414 Cl5 C2 Cl6 119.414
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.187      
2 C -0.187      
3 Cl 0.094      
4 Cl 0.094      
5 Cl 0.094      
6 Cl 0.094      


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 -60.657 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -57.886 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -59.387
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.020 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.135 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.115
Polar
3z2-r2-0.230
x2-y2-2.770
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.137 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.674 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 12.302


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 362.865
(<r2>)1/2 19.049