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All results from a given calculation for B2Cl4 (Diboron tetrachloride)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1890.748615
Energy at 298.15K-1890.748082
HF Energy-1890.748615
Nuclear repulsion energy421.942808
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
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 1163 1114 0.00      
2 A1 409 392 0.00      
3 A1 173 165 0.00      
4 B1 21 20 0.00      
5 B2 742 711 171.59      
6 B2 291 279 5.17      
7 E 942 903 314.22      
7 E 942 903 314.22      
8 E 491 471 7.88      
8 E 491 471 7.88      
9 E 94 90 0.86      
9 E 94 90 0.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2925.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2803.7 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.05269 0.02830 0.02830

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.845
B2 0.000 0.000 -0.845
Cl3 0.000 1.512 1.733
Cl4 0.000 -1.512 1.733
Cl5 1.512 0.000 -1.733
Cl6 -1.512 0.000 -1.733

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.69091.75351.75352.98922.9892
B21.69092.98922.98921.75351.7535
Cl31.75352.98923.02484.07264.0726
Cl41.75352.98923.02484.07264.0726
Cl52.98921.75354.07264.07263.0248
Cl62.98921.75354.07264.07263.0248

picture of Diboron tetrachloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
B1 B2 Cl5 120.403 B1 B2 Cl6 120.403
B2 B1 Cl3 120.403 B2 B1 Cl4 120.403
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.193 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.193
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.116      
2 B 0.116      
3 Cl -0.058      
4 Cl -0.058      
5 Cl -0.058      
6 Cl -0.058      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -60.215 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -60.215 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -62.625
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.205 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.205 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.409
Polar
3z2-r2-4.819
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.081 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.081 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.760


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 404.994
(<r2>)1/2 20.124