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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-757.412002
Energy at 298.15K-757.415767
HF Energy-757.412002
Nuclear repulsion energy286.484583
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' 3427 3287 63.20      
2 A' 1293 1241 177.73      
3 A' 1169 1121 68.08      
4 A' 996 956 108.75      
5 A' 705 676 162.56      
6 A' 530 509 23.83      
7 A' 509 488 10.98      
8 A' 374 359 6.11      
9 A" 1234 1184 218.96      
10 A" 535 513 37.28      
11 A" 386 370 24.28      
12 A" 136 131 108.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5646.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5417.1 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
0.17410 0.16669 0.16440

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 -0.148 0.008 0.000
O2 -0.485 1.417 0.000
O3 1.533 0.100 0.000
O4 -0.485 -0.715 1.221
O5 -0.485 -0.715 -1.221
H6 1.890 -0.839 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.44851.68371.45871.45872.2067
O21.44852.40992.45692.45693.2753
O31.68372.40992.49572.49571.0040
O41.45872.45692.49572.44242.6733
O51.45872.45692.49572.44242.6733
H62.20673.27531.00402.67332.6733

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 107.681 O2 Cl1 O3 100.330
O2 Cl1 O4 115.364 O2 Cl1 O5 115.364
O3 Cl1 O4 104.936 O3 Cl1 O5 104.936
O4 Cl1 O5 113.685
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 1.342      
2 O -0.389      
3 O -0.539      
4 O -0.408      
5 O -0.408      
6 H 0.401      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.926 -1.734 0.000 2.592
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.601 -4.016 0.000
y -4.016 -34.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -36.775
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.279 -4.016 0.000
y -4.016 -1.297 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.982
Polar
3z2-r2-7.964
x2-y24.384
xy-4.016
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.648 -0.270 0.000
y -0.270 3.735 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.269


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.592
(<r2>)1/2 9.929