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All results from a given calculation for BrF3 (Bromine trifluoride)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2867.963848
Energy at 298.15K-2867.968075
Nuclear repulsion energy333.363739
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 HF/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 812 733 36.59      
2 A1 646 583 0.28      
3 A1 294 266 21.01      
4 B1 285 257 20.66      
5 B2 678 612 389.29      
6 B2 407 368 7.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1560.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1408.7 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
0.37545 0.14017 0.10206

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.292
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.405
F3 0.000 1.779 0.134
F4 0.000 -1.779 0.134

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.69711.78611.7861
F21.69712.35232.3523
F31.78612.35233.5582
F41.78612.35233.5582

picture of Bromine trifluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Br1 F3 84.919 F2 Br1 F4 84.919
F3 Br1 F4 169.838
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 1.351      
2 F -0.357      
3 F -0.497      
4 F -0.497      


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 1.508 1.508
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.910 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.193 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.392
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.382 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.542 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.160
Polar
3z2-r210.319
x2-y29.283
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.030 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.819 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.123


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.179
(<r2>)1/2 9.959