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III.G.7. (XIII.B.3.) (XIII.D.5.)

Compare vibrational frequencies for two calculations for BC- (boron monocarbide anion)

A = HF/6-31G*

B = MP2FC/6-31G*

  symmetry   frequency (cm-1)   reduced mass (amu)   IR Intensity (km mol-1)
mode number A B   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio
1 Σ Σ   1346 2424 -1078.1 0.555   11.462 11.462 0.000 1.000   27.37 715.95 -688.58 0.038
scaled by     0.8985 0.943

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.