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Compare vibrational frequencies for two calculations for HBr- (hydrogen bromide anion)


A = HF/6-31G*
B = MP2/6-31G*

scale factors=0.8985, 0.943
  symmetry   frequency (cm-1)   reduced mass (amu)   IR Intensity (km mol-1)   Raman Activity (Å4/u)
mode number A B   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio
1 Σ Σ   135 182 -47.2 0.740   1.021 1.021 0.000 1.000   10.47 31.54 -21.07 0.332          
scaled by     0.8985 0.943
19 08 20 15 07

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.