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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.116302
Energy at 298.15K-27.118990
HF Energy-27.116302
Nuclear repulsion energy10.274785
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/6-31+G**
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 2599 2585 40.00      
2 A1 2081 2070 89.10      
3 A1 1302 1295 37.13      
4 A1 945 940 2.44      
5 A2 612 609 0.00      
6 B1 2711 2697 100.31      
7 B1 1043 1038 0.38      
8 B2 1901 1891 0.54      
9 B2 724 721 0.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6959.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6922.4 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/6-31+G**
ABC
5.75945 4.43082 3.05076

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.146
H2 0.000 0.547 -1.028
H3 0.000 -0.547 -1.028
H4 -1.074 0.000 0.663
H5 1.074 0.000 0.663

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.29561.29561.19161.1916
H21.29561.09392.07662.0766
H31.29561.09392.07662.0766
H41.19162.07662.07662.1475
H51.19162.07662.07662.1475

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 49.938 H2 B1 H4 113.143
H2 B1 H5 113.143 H3 B1 H4 113.143
H3 B1 H5 113.143 H4 B1 H5 128.614
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.204      
2 H 0.072      
3 H 0.072      
4 H 0.030      
5 H 0.030      


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 -1.314 1.314
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.488 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -10.038 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.680
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.129 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.454 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.583
Polar
3z2-r23.165
x2-y2-0.450
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.604 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.679 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.411


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 12.085
(<r2>)1/2 3.476