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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.121669
Energy at 298.15K-27.124354
HF Energy-27.121669
Nuclear repulsion energy10.293901
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/6-311G**
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 2585 2575 36.50      
2 A1 2058 2050 85.15      
3 A1 1301 1296 37.70      
4 A1 943 940 0.75      
5 A2 601 599 0.00      
6 B1 2699 2688 84.57      
7 B1 1030 1026 0.45      
8 B2 1888 1881 0.27      
9 B2 724 721 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6914.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6887.2 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
5.79190 4.43658 3.06319

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.147
H2 0.000 0.547 -1.028
H3 0.000 -0.547 -1.028
H4 -1.070 0.000 0.661
H5 1.070 0.000 0.661

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.29581.29581.18701.1870
H21.29581.09432.07272.0727
H31.29581.09432.07272.0727
H41.18702.07272.07272.1397
H51.18702.07272.07272.1397

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 49.956 H2 B1 H4 113.123
H2 B1 H5 113.123 H3 B1 H4 113.123
H3 B1 H5 113.123 H4 B1 H5 128.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.170      
2 H 0.081      
3 H 0.081      
4 H 0.004      
5 H 0.004      


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 -1.285 1.285
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.455 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.644
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.178 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.358 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.537
Polar
3z2-r23.073
x2-y2-0.547
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.739 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.432 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.646


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 12.021
(<r2>)1/2 3.467