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

using model chemistry: HF/SDD

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1887.305159
Energy at 298.15K-1887.304609
HF Energy-1887.305159
Nuclear repulsion energy413.503022
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/SDD
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 1199 1080 0.00      
2 A1 384 346 0.00      
3 A1 174 156 0.00      
4 B1 29 26 0.00      
5 B2 684 616 197.67      
6 B2 290 261 8.60      
7 E 885 797 320.33      
7 E 885 797 320.33      
8 E 506 455 22.51      
8 E 506 455 22.51      
9 E 106 96 5.20      
9 E 106 96 5.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2876.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9004) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2590.2 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 HF/SDD
ABC
0.04975 0.02749 0.02749

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/SDD

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.846
B2 0.000 0.000 -0.846
Cl3 0.000 1.556 1.749
Cl4 0.000 -1.556 1.749
Cl5 1.556 0.000 -1.749
Cl6 -1.556 0.000 -1.749

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.69261.79941.79943.02653.0265
B21.69263.02653.02651.79941.7994
Cl31.79943.02653.11284.13354.1335
Cl41.79943.02653.11284.13354.1335
Cl53.02651.79944.13354.13353.1128
Cl63.02651.79944.13354.13353.1128

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 120.123 B1 B2 Cl6 120.123
B2 B1 Cl3 120.123 B2 B1 Cl4 120.123
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.754 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.754
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.209      
2 B 0.209      
3 Cl -0.104      
4 Cl -0.104      
5 Cl -0.104      
6 Cl -0.104      


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 -65.522 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -65.522 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -70.150
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.314 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.314 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.628
Polar
3z2-r2-9.256
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 7.173 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.173 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.014


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 421.871
(<r2>)1/2 20.540