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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2870.381835
Energy at 298.15K-2870.385554
HF Energy-2870.381835
Nuclear repulsion energy318.264073
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 622 611 28.87      
2 A1 538 530 3.08      
3 A1 197 193 8.80      
4 B1 236 232 10.87      
5 B2 618 608 200.76      
6 B2 294 289 2.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1251.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1231.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.33055 0.12905 0.09281

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/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 -1.506
F3 0.000 1.854 0.199
F4 0.000 -1.854 0.199

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.79111.85611.8561
F21.79112.51922.5192
F31.85612.51923.7083
F41.85612.51923.7083

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 87.355 F2 Br1 F4 87.355
F3 Br1 F4 174.710
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 0.904      
2 F -0.251      
3 F -0.327      
4 F -0.327      


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 1.214 1.214
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.081 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -37.474 -0.003
z 0.000 -0.003 -30.385
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.849 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.741 -0.003
z 0.000 -0.003 3.893
Polar
3z2-r27.785
x2-y26.393
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz-0.003


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.182 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.716 0.003
z 0.000 0.003 3.506


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 106.455
(<r2>)1/2 10.318