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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1890.760671
Energy at 298.15K-1890.760132
HF Energy-1890.760671
Nuclear repulsion energy421.944429
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 mPW1PW91/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 1153 1105 0.00      
2 A1 406 389 0.00      
3 A1 171 164 0.00      
4 B1 24 23 0.00      
5 B2 734 703 152.22      
6 B2 289 277 5.62      
7 E 927 889 288.78      
7 E 927 889 288.78      
8 E 488 468 6.58      
8 E 488 468 6.58      
9 E 95 91 0.78      
9 E 95 91 0.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2898.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2777.3 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.05264 0.02831 0.02831

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.845
B2 0.000 0.000 -0.845
Cl3 0.000 1.513 1.732
Cl4 0.000 -1.513 1.732
Cl5 1.513 0.000 -1.732
Cl6 -1.513 0.000 -1.732

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.69061.75371.75372.98852.9885
B21.69062.98852.98851.75371.7537
Cl31.75372.98853.02614.07154.0715
Cl41.75372.98853.02614.07154.0715
Cl52.98851.75374.07154.07153.0261
Cl62.98851.75374.07154.07153.0261

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 120.369 B1 B2 Cl6 120.369
B2 B1 Cl3 120.369 B2 B1 Cl4 120.369
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.262 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.262
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.451      
2 B 0.451      
3 Cl -0.225      
4 Cl -0.225      
5 Cl -0.225      
6 Cl -0.225      


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 -60.919 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -60.919 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -63.279
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.180 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.361
Polar
3z2-r2-4.721
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 11.713 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.713 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 12.883


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 405.332
(<r2>)1/2 20.133