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All results from a given calculation for HOClO (Chlorous acid)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-610.931568
Energy at 298.15K-610.933411
HF Energy-610.931568
Nuclear repulsion energy110.530336
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3700 3540 60.23      
2 A 1215 1163 55.30      
3 A 989 946 63.35      
4 A 627 600 80.74      
5 A 422 403 142.22      
6 A 306 293 3.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3628.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3471.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.19517 0.26235 0.21949

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.139 -0.439 0.020
O2 1.421 0.310 -0.120
O3 -1.323 0.535 -0.019
H4 1.584 0.694 0.763

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 H4
Cl11.73611.53332.1918
O21.73612.75450.9764
O31.53332.75453.0143
H42.19180.97643.0143

picture of Chlorous acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O2 H4 104.290 O2 Cl1 O3 114.670
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.739      
2 O -0.633      
3 O -0.543      
4 H 0.437      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.859 -1.116 1.680 2.743
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.184 2.716 2.724
y 2.716 -22.015 1.250
z 2.724 1.250 -22.133
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.110 2.716 2.724
y 2.716 1.643 1.250
z 2.724 1.250 1.467
Polar
3z2-r22.934
x2-y2-3.169
xy2.716
xz2.724
yz1.250


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.964 -0.049 0.138
y -0.049 2.419 0.118
z 0.138 0.118 1.886


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 54.941
(<r2>)1/2 7.412