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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-760.838977
Energy at 298.15K-760.842869
HF Energy-760.838977
Nuclear repulsion energy288.653218
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3701 3517 122.33      
2 A' 1339 1273 193.74      
3 A' 1220 1160 120.75      
4 A' 1032 981 96.06      
5 A' 735 698 170.79      
6 A' 542 515 19.04      
7 A' 525 499 14.40      
8 A' 381 362 4.91      
9 A" 1250 1188 261.65      
10 A" 548 521 33.77      
11 A" 391 372 20.70      
12 A" 181 172 90.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5922.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5628.2 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.17663 0.16927 0.16668

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.144 0.010 0.000
O2 -0.483 1.409 0.000
O3 1.527 0.090 0.000
O4 -0.483 -0.708 1.211
O5 -0.483 -0.708 -1.211
H6 1.825 -0.841 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.43881.67241.44871.44872.1454
O21.43882.40362.43872.43873.2234
O31.67242.40362.47882.47880.9782
O41.44872.43872.47882.42292.6105
O51.44872.43872.47882.42292.6105
H62.14543.22340.97822.61052.6105

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 105.036 O2 Cl1 O3 100.902
O2 Cl1 O4 115.251 O2 Cl1 O5 115.251
O3 Cl1 O4 104.935 O3 Cl1 O5 104.935
O4 Cl1 O5 113.486
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 1.519      
2 O -0.443      
3 O -0.623      
4 O -0.458      
5 O -0.458      
6 H 0.463      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.934 -1.542 0.000 2.473
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.192 -3.673 0.000
y -3.673 -34.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -36.977
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.788 -3.673 0.000
y -3.673 -0.900 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.888
Polar
3z2-r2-7.776
x2-y23.793
xy-3.673
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.226 -0.167 0.000
y -0.167 4.275 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.959


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 97.557
(<r2>)1/2 9.877