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All results from a given calculation for HClO3 (Chloric Acid)

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 1A'
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-681.443959
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-680.985176
Nuclear repulsion energy193.234565
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 CID/3-21G*
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' 3536 3290 47.84      
2 A' 1250 1163 56.36      
3 A' 1026 955 61.26      
4 A' 689 641 199.15      
5 A' 543 505 38.54      
6 A' 438 408 26.90      
7 A" 1213 1128 202.19      
8 A" 453 421 88.85      
9 A" 72i 67i 80.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4537.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4222.0 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.30212 0.27814 0.16645

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.357 0.123 0.000
O2 -0.203 -1.472 0.000
H3 -1.199 -1.451 0.000
O4 -0.203 0.696 1.228
O5 -0.203 0.696 -1.228

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 H3 O4 O5
Cl11.68972.21271.46611.4661
O21.68970.99612.49162.4916
H32.21270.99612.66682.6668
O41.46612.49162.66682.4559
O51.46612.49162.66682.4559

picture of Chloric Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O2 H5 34.807 O2 Cl1 O3 25.325
O2 Cl1 O4 104.056 O3 Cl1 O4 90.583
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-681.443972
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-680.985150
Nuclear repulsion energy193.263514
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 CID/3-21G*
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 3535 3289 49.81      
2 A 1254 1167 58.56      
3 A 1214 1129 198.17      
4 A 1024 953 61.54      
5 A 690 642 198.00      
6 A 544 506 40.46      
7 A 456 425 74.30      
8 A 430 400 38.79      
9 A 106 98 81.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4626.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4304.5 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.30340 0.27747 0.16646

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.162 0.017 -0.341
O2 1.450 -0.316 0.041
H3 1.590 -0.084 0.999
O4 -0.371 1.341 0.260
O5 -0.932 -1.051 0.298

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 H3 O4 O5
Cl11.69002.20811.46911.4632
O21.69000.99612.47252.5063
H32.20810.99612.53472.7905
O41.46912.47252.53472.4569
O51.46322.50632.79052.4569

picture of Chloric Acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O2 H5 34.318 O2 Cl1 O3 25.443
O2 Cl1 O4 102.786 O3 Cl1 O4 84.612
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability