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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2859.665020
Energy at 298.15K-2859.668966
Nuclear repulsion energy324.132971
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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 688 660 20.49      
2 A1 594 570 1.22      
3 A1 224 214 11.87      
4 B1 257 246 14.34      
5 B2 709 680 183.72      
6 B2 322 309 4.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1396.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1340.2 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.33919 0.13492 0.09653

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.289
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.485
F3 0.000 1.813 0.181
F4 0.000 -1.813 0.181

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.77371.81661.8166
F21.77372.46222.4622
F31.81662.46223.6267
F41.81662.46223.6267

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 86.588 F2 Br1 F4 86.588
F3 Br1 F4 173.176
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 0.869      
2 F -0.228      
3 F -0.320      
4 F -0.320      


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 1.409 1.409
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.302 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -37.566 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.163
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.562 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -7.333 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.771
Polar
3z2-r27.542
x2-y27.264
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.453 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.613 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.858


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