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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.099008
Energy at 298.15K-27.101772
HF Energy-27.099008
Nuclear repulsion energy10.345294
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/6-31G**
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 2665 2543 38.04      
2 A1 2176 2077 87.93      
3 A1 1394 1330 43.55      
4 A1 1022 975 0.46      
5 A2 711 679 0.00      
6 B1 2784 2657 79.75      
7 B1 1061 1012 0.23      
8 B2 2069 1975 2.58      
9 B2 735 701 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7308.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6974.0 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/6-31G**
ABC
5.82683 4.51497 3.08123

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.146
H2 0.000 0.535 -1.021
H3 0.000 -0.535 -1.021
H4 -1.072 0.000 0.657
H5 1.072 0.000 0.657

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.28371.28371.18771.1877
H21.28371.07092.06222.0622
H31.28371.07092.06222.0622
H41.18772.06222.06222.1435
H51.18772.06222.06222.1435

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 49.304 H2 B1 H4 113.058
H2 B1 H5 113.058 H3 B1 H4 113.058
H3 B1 H5 113.058 H4 B1 H5 128.946
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.203      
2 H 0.080      
3 H 0.080      
4 H 0.022      
5 H 0.022      


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 -1.325 1.325
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -9.935 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.518 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.190
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.081 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.455 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.536
Polar
3z2-r23.072
x2-y2-0.417
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.314 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.922 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.224


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 11.681
(<r2>)1/2 3.418