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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2 1A1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1880.845557
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1880.845557
Nuclear repulsion energy449.824621
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 HSEh1PBE/3-21G
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 1889 1820 0.00      
2 A1 496 478 0.00      
3 A1 188 181 0.00      
4 B1 93i 89i 0.00      
5 B2 834 804 124.77      
6 B2 311 299 6.91      
7 E 992 956 255.46      
7 E 992 956 255.46      
8 E 286 276 0.01      
8 E 286 276 0.01      
9 E 113i 109i 3.33      
9 E 113i 109i 3.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2977.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9633) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2868.0 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 HSEh1PBE/3-21G
ABC
0.05572 0.03377 0.03377

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/3-21G

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.700
B2 0.000 0.000 -0.700
Cl3 0.000 1.471 1.553
Cl4 0.000 -1.471 1.553
Cl5 1.471 0.000 -1.553
Cl6 -1.471 0.000 -1.553

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.40001.70001.70002.69022.6902
B21.40002.69022.69021.70001.7000
Cl31.70002.69022.94153.73743.7374
Cl41.70002.69022.94153.73743.7374
Cl52.69021.70003.73743.73742.9415
Cl62.69021.70003.73743.73742.9415

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 120.100 B1 B2 Cl6 120.100
B2 B1 Cl3 120.100 B2 B1 Cl4 120.100
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.800 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.800
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.013      
2 B -0.013      
3 Cl 0.007      
4 Cl 0.007      
5 Cl 0.007      
6 Cl 0.007      


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 -62.582 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -62.582 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -65.005
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.211 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.211 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.423
Polar
3z2-r2-4.845
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 7.971 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.971 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.110


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 355.497
(<r2>)1/2 18.855