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All results from a given calculation for HClO4 (perchloric acid)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-760.020446
Energy at 298.15K-760.024173
HF Energy-759.051619
Nuclear repulsion energy284.297700
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 CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3588 3443        
2 A' 1288 1236        
3 A' 1153 1106        
4 A' 952 913        
5 A' 662 635        
6 A' 511 490        
7 A' 486 467        
8 A' 359 344        
9 A" 1149 1103        
10 A" 519 498        
11 A" 373 358        
12 A" 179 172        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5608.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5381.9 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 CCSD(T)/6-31+G**
ABC
0.17193 0.16374 0.16119

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.149 0.010 0.000
O2 -1.558 0.095 0.000
O3 0.491 1.427 0.000
O4 0.491 -0.719 1.228
O5 0.491 -0.719 -1.228
H6 -1.858 -0.846 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.70911.45721.46851.46852.1822
O21.70912.44342.52342.52340.9880
O31.45722.44342.47272.47273.2685
O41.46852.52342.47272.45532.6533
O51.46852.52342.47272.45532.6533
H62.18220.98803.26852.65332.6533

picture of perchloric acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O3 H6 32.381 O2 Cl1 O3 100.711
O2 Cl1 O4 104.896 O2 Cl1 O5 104.896
O3 Cl1 O4 115.378 O3 Cl1 O5 115.378
O4 Cl1 O5 113.437
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability