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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1889.922274
Energy at 298.15K-1889.921636
HF Energy-1889.922274
Nuclear repulsion energy421.793819
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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
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 1108 1100 0.00      
2 A1 394 392 0.00      
3 A1 167 165 0.00      
4 B1 24 24 0.00      
5 B2 710 705 139.72      
6 B2 280 279 4.32      
7 E 888 882 265.76      
7 E 888 882 265.76      
8 E 474 471 4.82      
8 E 474 471 4.82      
9 E 91 90 0.44      
9 E 91 90 0.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2794.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2775.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.05239 0.02837 0.02837

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

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.843
B2 0.000 0.000 -0.843
Cl3 0.000 1.517 1.728
Cl4 0.000 -1.517 1.728
Cl5 1.517 0.000 -1.728
Cl6 -1.517 0.000 -1.728

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.68531.75631.75632.98482.9848
B21.68532.98482.98481.75631.7563
Cl31.75632.98483.03354.06764.0676
Cl41.75632.98483.03354.06764.0676
Cl52.98481.75634.06764.06763.0335
Cl62.98481.75634.06764.06763.0335

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 120.275 B1 B2 Cl6 120.275
B2 B1 Cl3 120.275 B2 B1 Cl4 120.275
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.450 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.450
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.070      
2 B 0.070      
3 Cl -0.035      
4 Cl -0.035      
5 Cl -0.035      
6 Cl -0.035      


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 -60.347 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -60.347 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -62.419
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.036 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.036 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.071
Polar
3z2-r2-4.143
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 10.990 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.990 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 12.377


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 404.715
(<r2>)1/2 20.118