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All results from a given calculation for HClO4 (perchloric acid)

using model chemistry: HF/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 HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-759.059448
Energy at 298.15K-759.063727
HF Energy-759.059448
Nuclear repulsion energy296.640550
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 HF/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' 3972 3569 217.53      
2 A' 1454 1307 191.40      
3 A' 1310 1177 207.16      
4 A' 1100 988 145.86      
5 A' 879 790 163.03      
6 A' 628 564 22.38      
7 A' 612 550 50.61      
8 A' 444 399 4.85      
9 A" 1310 1177 334.10      
10 A" 632 568 60.95      
11 A" 464 417 19.45      
12 A" 197 177 114.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6501.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5841.7 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.18547 0.17981 0.17683

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.129 0.014 0.000
O2 -0.473 1.378 0.000
O3 1.470 0.069 0.000
O4 -0.473 -0.687 1.182
O5 -0.473 -0.687 -1.182
H6 1.794 -0.834 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.40681.59971.41621.41622.1017
O21.40682.34282.37892.37893.1676
O31.59972.34282.39662.39660.9596
O41.41622.37892.39662.36302.5612
O51.41622.37892.39662.36302.5612
H62.10173.16760.95962.56122.5612

picture of perchloric acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O3 H6 107.778 O2 Cl1 O3 102.191
O2 Cl1 O4 114.845 O2 Cl1 O5 114.845
O3 Cl1 O4 105.082 O3 Cl1 O5 105.082
O4 Cl1 O5 113.082
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 1.915      
2 O -0.558      
3 O -0.704      
4 O -0.581      
5 O -0.581      
6 H 0.510      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.558 -1.632 0.000 3.034
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.073 -3.859 0.000
y -3.859 -35.939 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -38.008
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.900 -3.859 0.000
y -3.859 -1.399 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.502
Polar
3z2-r2-9.004
x2-y24.866
xy-3.859
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.670 -0.158 0.000
y -0.158 3.704 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.436


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 93.836
(<r2>)1/2 9.687