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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-761.250300
Energy at 298.15K-761.254151
HF Energy-761.250300
Nuclear repulsion energy288.110321
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
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' 3767 3585 142.36      
2 A' 1298 1236 210.91      
3 A' 1184 1127 113.91      
4 A' 1010 961 95.66      
5 A' 708 674 178.94      
6 A' 534 508 18.22      
7 A' 517 492 12.52      
8 A' 377 359 4.78      
9 A" 1215 1156 280.58      
10 A" 539 513 31.24      
11 A" 386 368 19.57      
12 A" 175 166 91.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5854.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5572.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.17631 0.16831 0.16581

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.145 0.010 0.000
O2 -0.485 1.409 0.000
O3 1.533 0.092 0.000
O4 -0.485 -0.709 1.213
O5 -0.485 -0.709 -1.213
H6 1.840 -0.832 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.44021.67931.45061.45062.1560
O21.44022.40972.44112.44113.2296
O31.67932.40972.48702.48700.9738
O41.45062.44112.48702.42562.6256
O51.45062.44112.48702.42562.6256
H62.15603.22960.97382.62562.6256

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 105.611 O2 Cl1 O3 100.874
O2 Cl1 O4 115.228 O2 Cl1 O5 115.228
O3 Cl1 O4 104.998 O3 Cl1 O5 104.998
O4 Cl1 O5 113.457
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 1.353      
2 O -0.417      
3 O -0.503      
4 O -0.414      
5 O -0.414      
6 H 0.396      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.919 -1.508 0.000 2.441
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.830 -3.713 0.000
y -3.713 -35.667 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -37.680
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.844 -3.713 0.000
y -3.713 -0.912 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.932
Polar
3z2-r2-7.863
x2-y23.837
xy-3.713
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.074 -0.083 0.000
y -0.083 5.091 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.908


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.316
(<r2>)1/2 9.915