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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2867.723310
Energy at 298.15K-2867.727333
Nuclear repulsion energy321.033272
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/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 730 659 10.07      
2 A1 581 525 0.07      
3 A1 271 244 37.02      
4 B1 245 221 35.89      
5 B2 636 575 308.12      
6 B2 371 335 9.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1417.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1279.6 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/6-31G
ABC
0.34650 0.13111 0.09512

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.324
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.452
F3 0.000 1.840 0.095
F4 0.000 -1.840 0.095

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.77581.85371.8537
F21.77582.40352.4035
F31.85372.40353.6791
F41.85372.40353.6791

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 82.909 F2 Br1 F4 82.909
F3 Br1 F4 165.819
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br 1.556      
2 F -0.393      
3 F -0.581      
4 F -0.581      


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 2.468 2.468
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.822 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -45.202 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.527
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.543 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.027 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.485
Polar
3z2-r212.969
x2-y214.380
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.942 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.901 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.084


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