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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-757.100721
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-757.100721
Nuclear repulsion energy255.374890
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 B3PW91/3-21G
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' 3379 3248 44.56      
2 A' 1113 1070 69.65      
3 A' 883 849 31.15      
4 A' 730 702 41.35      
5 A' 535 514 55.98      
6 A' 353 340 15.01      
7 A' 331 318 16.31      
8 A' 223 214 4.71      
9 A" 887 852 47.14      
10 A" 360 346 26.42      
11 A" 249 239 18.42      
12 A" 207i 199i 91.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4418.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4246.9 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 B3PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.13690 0.13277 0.13079

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.169 0.009 0.000
O2 -0.536 1.603 0.000
O3 1.720 0.099 0.000
O4 -0.536 -0.806 1.376
O5 -0.536 -0.806 -1.376
H6 1.986 -0.875 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.63531.89161.64161.64162.3297
O21.63532.71162.77492.77493.5358
O31.89162.71162.79402.79401.0097
O41.64162.77492.79402.75302.8743
O51.64162.77492.79402.75302.8743
H62.32973.53581.00972.87432.8743

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 102.547 O2 Cl1 O3 100.244
O2 Cl1 O4 115.729 O2 Cl1 O5 115.729
O3 Cl1 O4 104.296 O3 Cl1 O5 104.296
O4 Cl1 O5 113.960
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 1.383      
2 O -0.414      
3 O -0.484      
4 O -0.434      
5 O -0.434      
6 H 0.381      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.567 -1.656 0.000 2.280
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.030 -4.018 0.000
y -4.018 -35.869 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -37.861
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.835 -4.018 0.000
y -4.018 -0.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.911
Polar
3z2-r2-7.823
x2-y23.839
xy-4.018
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.240 -0.299 0.000
y -0.299 5.106 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.528


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 119.148
(<r2>)1/2 10.915