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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2870.446974
Energy at 298.15K-2870.450661
Nuclear repulsion energy315.947126
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 PBEPBE/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 614 607 39.31      
2 A1 517 511 6.24      
3 A1 190 187 10.49      
4 B1 241 238 14.06      
5 B2 595 588 282.42      
6 B2 286 283 2.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1221.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1207.6 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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.32548 0.12679 0.09125

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.276
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.520
F3 0.000 1.871 0.224
F4 0.000 -1.871 0.224

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.79591.87131.8713
F21.79592.55752.5575
F31.87132.55753.7412
F41.87132.55753.7412

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 88.413 F2 Br1 F4 88.413
F3 Br1 F4 176.825
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 0.926      
2 F -0.235      
3 F -0.345      
4 F -0.345      


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 1.298 1.298
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.360 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.555 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.847
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.841 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -8.452 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.611
Polar
3z2-r29.222
x2-y28.195
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.840 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.144 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.261


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 109.157
(<r2>)1/2 10.448