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

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A
Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-755.586567
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-755.032661
Nuclear repulsion energy256.089331
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 CCD/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 A' 3377 3283 34.76      
2 A' 1196 1163 79.34      
3 A' 801 779 11.67      
4 A' 635 617 65.55      
5 A' 537 522 55.53      
6 A' 354 345 22.59      
7 A' 324 315 19.41      
8 A' 240 234 5.20      
9 A" 811 789 23.71      
10 A" 366 356 49.69      
11 A" 267 260 14.96      
12 A" 251i 244i 100.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4328.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4209.0 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 CCD/3-21G
ABC
0.13553 0.13532 0.13269

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.161 0.016 0.000
O2 -0.528 1.619 0.000
O3 1.684 0.072 0.000
O4 -0.528 -0.806 1.380
O5 -0.528 -0.806 -1.380
H6 1.943 -0.903 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.64501.84611.64781.64782.2962
O21.64502.69992.79032.79033.5313
O31.84612.69992.75152.75151.0086
O41.64782.79032.75152.76092.8327
O51.64782.79032.75152.76092.8327
H62.29623.53131.00862.83272.8327

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 103.149 O2 Cl1 O3 101.157
O2 Cl1 O4 115.859 O2 Cl1 O5 115.859
O3 Cl1 O4 103.765 O3 Cl1 O5 103.765
O4 Cl1 O5 113.807
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability