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Calculated electric quadrupole moments

The electric quadrupole moment is a measure of the charge distribution in a molecule. The calculated quadrupole moments are reported as symmetric matrix components in units of D Å (Debye times Angstrom) or e a02 (electron charge times bohr squared).
The currently chosen quadrupole units are D Å
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References dealing with electric quadrupoles
Reference DOI Squib
RH Orcutt "Influence of Molecular Quadrupole Moments on the Second Virial Coefficient" J. Chem. Phys. 39(3), 605, 1963 10.1063/1.1734300 1963Orc:605
Hellwege, KH and AM Hellwege (eds.). Landolt-Bornstein: Group II: Volume 6 Molecular Constants from Microwave, Molecular Beam, and Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Springer-Verlag. Berlin. 1974. 10.1007/b19951  1974Hel/Hel(II/6)
C Graham, DA Imrie, RE Raab "Measurement of the electric quadrupole moments of CO2, CO, N2, Cl2 and BF3" Mol. Phys. 93(1), 1998, 49-56 10.1080/002689798169429 1998Gra/Imr:49
S Hofginger, M Wendland "Method/Basis Set Dependence of the Traceless Quadrupole Moment Calculation for N2, CO2, SO2, HCl, CO, NH3, PH3, HF, and H2O" Int. J. Quantum Chem. 86, 199-217, (2002) 10.1002/qua.1625 2002Hof/Wen:199

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