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

using model chemistry: LSDA/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2855.644451
Energy at 298.15K-2855.648343
Nuclear repulsion energy324.648248
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 LSDA/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 681 669 24.57      
2 A1 603 592 1.10      
3 A1 200 197 8.15      
4 B1 260 255 11.64      
5 B2 724 711 155.67      
6 B2 295 289 3.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1381.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.982) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1356.6 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 LSDA/3-21G*
ABC
0.33527 0.13573 0.09662

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.275
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.497
F3 0.000 1.808 0.214
F4 0.000 -1.808 0.214

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.77211.80901.8090
F21.77212.48942.4894
F31.80902.48943.6159
F41.80902.48943.6159

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 88.074 F2 Br1 F4 88.074
F3 Br1 F4 176.148
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 0.739      
2 F -0.201      
3 F -0.269      
4 F -0.269      


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 1.211 1.211
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.439 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -36.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.193
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.840 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.049 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.209
Polar
3z2-r26.417
x2-y25.926
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.469 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.667 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.852


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