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All results from a given calculation for BrF3 (Bromine trifluoride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2859.765294
Energy at 298.15K-2859.769022
Nuclear repulsion energy314.988630
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 BLYP/3-21G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 602 599 20.18      
2 A1 541 537 1.28      
3 A1 187 186 7.41      
4 B1 254 252 11.89      
5 B2 655 650 136.64      
6 B2 277 275 2.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1257.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1249.3 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.31192 0.12808 0.09080

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.273
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.554
F3 0.000 1.861 0.247
F4 0.000 -1.861 0.247

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.82651.86131.8613
F21.82652.58992.5899
F31.86132.58993.7223
F41.86132.58993.7223

picture of Bromine trifluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Br1 F3 89.219 F2 Br1 F4 89.219
F3 Br1 F4 178.437
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 0.754      
2 F -0.205      
3 F -0.274      
4 F -0.274      


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 1.217 1.217
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.444 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -36.852 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.293
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.129 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.484 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.354
Polar
3z2-r26.709
x2-y26.409
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.461 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.131 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.068


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000