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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2870.514466
Energy at 298.15K-2870.518634
Nuclear repulsion energy331.364840
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 HF/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 767 693 37.06      
2 A1 615 556 0.53      
3 A1 289 261 26.87      
4 B1 280 253 27.68      
5 B2 660 597 414.89      
6 B2 398 360 9.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1503.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1360.1 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.37049 0.13850 0.10082

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.292
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.415
F3 0.000 1.790 0.139
F4 0.000 -1.790 0.139

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.70741.79631.7963
F21.70742.37012.3701
F31.79632.37013.5795
F41.79632.37013.5795

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 85.095 F2 Br1 F4 85.095
F3 Br1 F4 170.191
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 1.352      
2 F -0.320      
3 F -0.516      
4 F -0.516      


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 1.828 1.828
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.093 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -42.267 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.968
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.524 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.236 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.712
Polar
3z2-r211.424
x2-y211.174
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.672 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.930 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.987


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000