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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

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/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1889.880658
Energy at 298.15K-1889.880027
HF Energy-1889.880658
Nuclear repulsion energy421.415090
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/6-311G*
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 1110 1098 0.00      
2 A1 397 393 0.00      
3 A1 169 168 0.00      
4 B1 24 23 0.00      
5 B2 713 706 159.57      
6 B2 287 284 4.00      
7 E 893 884 313.17      
7 E 893 884 313.17      
8 E 476 471 6.22      
8 E 476 471 6.22      
9 E 93 92 0.74      
9 E 93 92 0.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2811.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2782.0 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.05229 0.02832 0.02832

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

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 1.518 1.729
Cl4 0.000 -1.518 1.729
Cl5 1.518 0.000 -1.729
Cl6 -1.518 0.000 -1.729

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.68661.75791.75792.98732.9873
B21.68662.98732.98731.75791.7579
Cl31.75792.98733.03644.07114.0711
Cl41.75792.98733.03644.07114.0711
Cl52.98731.75794.07114.07113.0364
Cl62.98731.75794.07114.07113.0364

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 120.273 B1 B2 Cl6 120.273
B2 B1 Cl3 120.273 B2 B1 Cl4 120.273
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.455 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.455
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.130      
2 B 0.130      
3 Cl -0.065      
4 Cl -0.065      
5 Cl -0.065      
6 Cl -0.065      


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 -61.836 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -61.836 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -64.391
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.278 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.278 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.555
Polar
3z2-r2-5.110
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 10.368 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.368 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 11.173


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 406.393
(<r2>)1/2 20.159