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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at BLYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.123691
Energy at 298.15K-27.126382
HF Energy-27.123691
Nuclear repulsion energy10.295228
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/TZVP
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 2589 2583 33.36      
2 A1 2070 2065 84.28      
3 A1 1305 1302 36.94      
4 A1 949 946 1.30      
5 A2 609 607 0.00      
6 B1 2705 2698 85.01      
7 B1 1038 1035 0.64      
8 B2 1901 1897 0.01      
9 B2 721 719 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6942.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6925.3 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/TZVP
ABC
5.79315 4.44181 3.06141

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.146
H2 0.000 0.545 -1.028
H3 0.000 -0.545 -1.028
H4 -1.071 0.000 0.662
H5 1.071 0.000 0.662

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.29451.29451.18811.1881
H21.29451.09062.07292.0729
H31.29451.09062.07292.0729
H41.18812.07292.07292.1413
H51.18812.07292.07292.1413

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 49.825 H2 B1 H4 113.154
H2 B1 H5 113.154 H3 B1 H4 113.154
H3 B1 H5 113.154 H4 B1 H5 128.615
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.177      
2 H 0.072      
3 H 0.072      
4 H 0.016      
5 H 0.016      


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 -1.310 1.310
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.524 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.978 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.694
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.188 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.369 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.557
Polar
3z2-r23.114
x2-y2-0.546
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.678 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.859 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.585


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 12.060
(<r2>)1/2 3.473