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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.149588
Energy at 298.15K-27.152286
HF Energy-27.149588
Nuclear repulsion energy10.306204
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 2618 2530 43.80      
2 A1 2091 2020 86.29      
3 A1 1281 1238 32.74      
4 A1 922 891 1.32      
5 A2 613 593 0.00      
6 B1 2730 2638 94.51      
7 B1 1056 1020 0.50      
8 B2 1913 1849 1.93      
9 B2 758 733 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6991.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6755.4 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
5.71436 4.44890 3.12424

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.140
H2 0.000 0.577 -1.012
H3 0.000 -0.577 -1.012
H4 -1.063 0.000 0.663
H5 1.063 0.000 0.663

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.28821.28821.18481.1848
H21.28821.15462.06582.0658
H31.28821.15462.06582.0658
H41.18482.06582.06582.1263
H51.18482.06582.06582.1263

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 53.247 H2 B1 H4 113.234
H2 B1 H5 113.234 H3 B1 H4 113.234
H3 B1 H5 113.234 H4 B1 H5 127.629
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.458      
2 H 0.140      
3 H 0.140      
4 H 0.089      
5 H 0.089      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.261 1.261
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.473 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.644
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.236 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.271 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.507
Polar
3z2-r23.015
x2-y2-0.643
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.633 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.389 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.496


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 11.977
(<r2>)1/2 3.461