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Compare vibrational frequencies for two calculations for BeCl- (beryllium monochloride anion)


A = HF/6-31G*
B = MP2/6-31G*

scale factors=0.8985, 0.943
  symmetry   frequency (cm-1)   reduced mass (amu)   IR Intensity (km mol-1)   Raman Activity (Å4/u)
mode number A B   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio
1 Σ Σ   402 500 -98.3 0.803   10.629 10.629 0.000 1.000   124.77 90.88 33.89 1.373          
scaled by     0.8985 0.943
19 08 20 15 07

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.