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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-760.579702
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-760.579702
Nuclear repulsion energy244.292711
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 PBEPBE/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' 3373 3327 43.72      
2 A' 944 931 83.18      
3 A' 773 762 40.98      
4 A' 668 659 24.76      
5 A' 444 438 45.40      
6 A' 299 294 8.50      
7 A' 279 275 7.57      
8 A' 180 178 4.32      
9 A" 776 765 59.18      
10 A" 298 294 9.83      
11 A" 193 190 25.37      
12 A" 75i 74i 86.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4076.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9862) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4019.8 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 PBEPBE/6-31G
ABC
0.12793 0.11916 0.11777

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.186 0.002 0.000
O2 -0.570 1.652 0.000
O3 1.839 0.144 0.000
O4 -0.570 -0.849 1.426
O5 -0.570 -0.849 -1.426
H6 2.141 -0.816 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.69382.02971.70441.70442.4665
O21.69382.84232.87842.87843.6663
O32.02972.84232.97032.97031.0063
O41.70442.87842.97032.85213.0636
O51.70442.87842.97032.85213.0636
H62.46653.66631.00633.06363.0636

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 103.468 O2 Cl1 O3 99.120
O2 Cl1 O4 115.779 O2 Cl1 O5 115.779
O3 Cl1 O4 105.060 O3 Cl1 O5 105.060
O4 Cl1 O5 113.577
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 1.174      
2 O -0.346      
3 O -0.476      
4 O -0.366      
5 O -0.366      
6 H 0.380      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.279 -1.614 0.000 2.060
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.872 -4.253 0.000
y -4.253 -36.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -38.591
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.789 -4.253 0.000
y -4.253 -1.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.790
Polar
3z2-r2-7.579
x2-y23.859
xy-4.253
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.669 -0.169 0.000
y -0.169 6.355 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.763


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 129.272
(<r2>)1/2 11.370