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All results from a given calculation for BrF3 (Bromine trifluoride)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2866.920081
Energy at 298.15K-2866.923940
Nuclear repulsion energy324.633474
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 LSDA/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 A1 679 666 32.21      
2 A1 580 569 2.51      
3 A1 211 207 9.25      
4 B1 248 243 10.77      
5 B2 660 648 213.04      
6 B2 312 307 3.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1344.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1319.5 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
0.34560 0.13419 0.09666

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.285
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.471
F3 0.000 1.818 0.182
F4 0.000 -1.818 0.182

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.75631.82121.8212
F21.75632.45752.4575
F31.82122.45753.6366
F41.82122.45753.6366

picture of Bromine trifluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Br1 F3 86.754 F2 Br1 F4 86.754
F3 Br1 F4 173.507
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 0.882      
2 F -0.244      
3 F -0.319      
4 F -0.319      


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 1.217 1.217
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.065 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -37.149 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.340
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.679 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.446 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.767
Polar
3z2-r27.534
x2-y26.084
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.165 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.364 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.351


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000