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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-761.384342
Energy at 298.15K-761.388246
HF Energy-761.384342
Nuclear repulsion energy291.472699
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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3720 3589 108.02      
2 A' 1323 1277 189.93      
3 A' 1202 1160 91.43      
4 A' 1027 991 80.39      
5 A' 709 684 164.11      
6 A' 551 532 17.82      
7 A' 530 511 3.53      
8 A' 393 379 4.48      
9 A" 1250 1206 227.20      
10 A" 557 537 22.18      
11 A" 399 385 11.78      
12 A" 160 155 83.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5909.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5703.1 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.18096 0.17183 0.16952

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.145 0.008 0.000
O2 -0.480 1.390 0.000
O3 1.520 0.094 0.000
O4 -0.480 -0.699 1.198
O5 -0.480 -0.699 -1.198
H6 1.819 -0.832 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.42191.66761.43101.43102.1359
O21.42192.38352.40832.40833.1973
O31.66762.38352.46302.46300.9732
O41.43102.40832.46302.39592.5956
O51.43102.40832.46302.39592.5956
H62.13593.19730.97322.59562.5956

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 104.894 O2 Cl1 O3 100.674
O2 Cl1 O4 115.165 O2 Cl1 O5 115.165
O3 Cl1 O4 105.032 O3 Cl1 O5 105.032
O4 Cl1 O5 113.679
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.800      
2 O -0.240      
3 O -0.380      
4 O -0.258      
5 O -0.258      
6 H 0.336      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.836 -1.374 0.000 2.293
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.542 -3.275 0.000
y -3.275 -34.178 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -36.023
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.558 -3.275 0.000
y -3.275 -0.895 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.663
Polar
3z2-r2-7.326
x2-y23.635
xy-3.275
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.562 -0.177 0.000
y -0.177 4.469 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.215


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.669
(<r2>)1/2 9.781