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All results from a given calculation for B2Cl4 (Diboron tetrachloride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1890.646569
Energy at 298.15K-1890.645914
HF Energy-1890.646569
Nuclear repulsion energy417.317195
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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 1096 1094 0.00      
2 A1 385 385 0.00      
3 A1 167 167 0.00      
4 B1 26 26 0.00      
5 B2 692 690 145.12      
6 B2 278 278 4.51      
7 E 854 852 272.27      
7 E 854 852 272.27      
8 E 472 471 6.07      
8 E 472 471 6.07      
9 E 97 97 0.63      
9 E 97 97 0.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2744.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2739.5 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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.05136 0.02776 0.02776

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.846
B2 0.000 0.000 -0.846
Cl3 0.000 1.532 1.748
Cl4 0.000 -1.532 1.748
Cl5 1.532 0.000 -1.748
Cl6 -1.532 0.000 -1.748

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.69291.77751.77753.01313.0131
B21.69293.01313.01311.77751.7775
Cl31.77753.01313.06364.11314.1131
Cl41.77753.01313.06364.11314.1131
Cl53.01311.77754.11314.11313.0636
Cl63.01311.77754.11314.11313.0636

picture of Diboron tetrachloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
B1 B2 Cl5 120.484 B1 B2 Cl6 120.484
B2 B1 Cl3 120.484 B2 B1 Cl4 120.484
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.031 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.031
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.207      
2 B 0.207      
3 Cl -0.103      
4 Cl -0.103      
5 Cl -0.103      
6 Cl -0.103      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -61.702 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -61.702 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -64.047
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.173 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.173 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.346
Polar
3z2-r2-4.691
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.481 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.058


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 413.562
(<r2>)1/2 20.336