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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1889.859328
Energy at 298.15K-1889.858689
HF Energy-1889.859328
Nuclear repulsion energy419.711209
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/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 1116 1109 0.00      
2 A1 394 392 0.00      
3 A1 167 166 0.00      
4 B1 24 24 0.00      
5 B2 709 705 142.10      
6 B2 280 278 4.95      
7 E 891 886 267.76      
7 E 891 886 267.76      
8 E 470 467 4.61      
8 E 470 467 4.61      
9 E 92 91 0.50      
9 E 92 91 0.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2797.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9939) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2780.9 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.05202 0.02805 0.02805

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/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 1.522 1.740
Cl4 0.000 -1.522 1.740
Cl5 1.522 0.000 -1.740
Cl6 -1.522 0.000 -1.740

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.69181.76511.76513.00033.0003
B21.69183.00033.00031.76511.7651
Cl31.76513.00033.04424.09134.0913
Cl41.76513.00033.04424.09134.0913
Cl53.00031.76514.09134.09133.0442
Cl63.00031.76514.09134.09133.0442

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 120.420 B1 B2 Cl6 120.420
B2 B1 Cl3 120.420 B2 B1 Cl4 120.420
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.161 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.161
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.344      
2 B 0.344      
3 Cl -0.172      
4 Cl -0.172      
5 Cl -0.172      
6 Cl -0.172      


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 -61.069 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -61.069 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -63.241
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.086 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.086 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.171
Polar
3z2-r2-4.342
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 12.335 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.335 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 13.927


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 409.083
(<r2>)1/2 20.226