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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at CCD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.042678
Energy at 298.15K-27.045507
HF Energy-26.900131
Nuclear repulsion energy10.342836
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/6-311G**
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 2657 2538 35.21      
2 A1 2181 2083 103.29      
3 A1 1398 1335 61.63      
4 A1 1007 962 1.11      
5 A2 869 830 0.00      
6 B1 2779 2654 82.41      
7 B1 1072 1024 1.52      
8 B2 2060 1968 0.20      
9 B2 744 711 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7383.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7052.2 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
5.88767 4.49775 3.04728

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.152
H2 0.000 0.517 -1.033
H3 0.000 -0.517 -1.033
H4 -1.074 0.000 0.654
H5 1.074 0.000 0.654

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.29231.29231.18521.1852
H21.29231.03482.06482.0648
H31.29231.03482.06482.0648
H41.18522.06482.06482.1474
H51.18522.06482.06482.1474

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 47.204 H2 B1 H4 112.833
H2 B1 H5 112.833 H3 B1 H4 112.833
H3 B1 H5 112.833 H4 B1 H5 129.893
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability