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All results from a given calculation for BCl (boron monochloride)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-484.924583
Energy at 298.15K-484.923338
Nuclear repulsion energy24.533810
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 BLYP/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 678 672 180.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 338.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 336.2 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 BLYP/6-31G
B
0.59896

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 -1.417
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.417

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 Cl2
B11.8334
Cl21.8334

picture of boron monochloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.073      
2 Cl -0.073      


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 0.242 0.242
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.144 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.144 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.963
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.910 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.910 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.820
Polar
3z2-r2-7.640
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 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 25.114
(<r2>)1/2 5.011