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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: LSDA/TZVP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at LSDA/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-26.975810
Energy at 298.15K-26.978397
HF Energy-26.975810
Nuclear repulsion energy10.298286
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 LSDA/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 2592 2562 21.35      
2 A1 2136 2111 53.90      
3 A1 1394 1377 26.93      
4 A1 1002 990 0.02      
5 A2 472 467 0.00      
6 B1 2714 2682 53.33      
7 B1 1003 991 0.13      
8 B2 2015 1992 0.44      
9 B2 676 668 2.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7001.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9884) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6920.3 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 LSDA/TZVP
ABC
5.76093 4.47877 3.05686

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.146
H2 0.000 0.540 -1.025
H3 0.000 -0.540 -1.025
H4 -1.077 0.000 0.659
H5 1.077 0.000 0.659

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.28971.28971.19261.1926
H21.28971.07992.07012.0701
H31.28971.07992.07012.0701
H41.19262.07012.07012.1542
H51.19262.07012.07012.1542

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 49.502 H2 B1 H4 112.948
H2 B1 H5 112.948 H3 B1 H4 112.948
H3 B1 H5 112.948 H4 B1 H5 129.149
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.339      
2 H 0.104      
3 H 0.104      
4 H 0.066      
5 H 0.066      


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 -1.416 1.416
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.403 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -10.151 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.525
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.065 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.687 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.752
Polar
3z2-r23.504
x2-y2-0.252
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 2.900 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.631


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 12.033
(<r2>)1/2 3.469