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All results from a given calculation for HOCl (hypochlorous acid)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G*

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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-535.697289
Energy at 298.15K-535.698393
HF Energy-535.697289
Nuclear repulsion energy50.867254
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' 3772 3585 65.44 62.61 0.29 0.45
2 A' 1319 1254 47.76 4.00 0.68 0.81
3 A' 770 732 2.66 17.81 0.31 0.47

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2930.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2785.2 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
20.18551 0.50012 0.48803

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)
O1 0.036 1.104 0.000
H2 -0.911 1.321 0.000
Cl3 0.036 -0.597 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 Cl3
O10.97151.7012
H20.97152.1391
Cl31.70122.1391

picture of hypochlorous acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 O1 Cl3 102.899
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 O -0.610      
2 H 0.448      
3 Cl 0.163      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.749 0.284 0.000 1.772
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.740 -2.628 0.000
y -2.628 -16.289 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.971
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.890 -2.628 0.000
y -2.628 1.566 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.456
Polar
3z2-r2-4.912
x2-y2-0.451
xy-2.628
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.605 -0.219 0.000
y -0.219 3.104 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.221


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 29.247
(<r2>)1/2 5.408