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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1885.593071
Energy at 298.15K-1885.592446
HF Energy-1885.593071
Nuclear repulsion energy419.546614
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 LSDA/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 1172 1148 0.00      
2 A1 396 388 0.00      
3 A1 173 169 0.00      
4 B1 16 16 0.00      
5 B2 707 693 145.47      
6 B2 290 284 4.50      
7 E 895 876 253.77      
7 E 895 876 253.77      
8 E 479 469 5.66      
8 E 479 469 5.66      
9 E 95 93 1.09      
9 E 95 93 1.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2844.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9797) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2786.8 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 LSDA/6-31G
ABC
0.05130 0.02828 0.02828

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.827
B2 0.000 0.000 -0.827
Cl3 0.000 1.533 1.726
Cl4 0.000 -1.533 1.726
Cl5 1.533 0.000 -1.726
Cl6 -1.533 0.000 -1.726

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.65421.77681.77682.97772.9777
B21.65422.97772.97771.77681.7768
Cl31.77682.97773.06544.07594.0759
Cl41.77682.97773.06544.07594.0759
Cl52.97771.77684.07594.07593.0654
Cl62.97771.77684.07594.07593.0654

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 120.388 B1 B2 Cl6 120.388
B2 B1 Cl3 120.388 B2 B1 Cl4 120.388
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.224 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.224
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.102      
2 B -0.102      
3 Cl 0.051      
4 Cl 0.051      
5 Cl 0.051      
6 Cl 0.051      


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 -61.888 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -61.888 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -64.294
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.203 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.203 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.405
Polar
3z2-r2-4.810
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 9.046 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.046 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.708


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 408.287
(<r2>)1/2 20.206