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All results from a given calculation for BrF3 (Bromine trifluoride)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2841.505687
Energy at 298.15K-2841.509691
Nuclear repulsion energy324.257539
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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 808 710 4.50      
2 A1 705 620 1.06      
3 A1 292 256 2.27      
4 B1 185 162 0.40      
5 B2 850 747 68.86      
6 B2 423 372 2.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1631.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1433.9 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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
ABC
0.34071 0.13690 0.09766

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Br1 0.000 0.000 0.339
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.455
F3 0.000 1.800 0.068
F4 0.000 -1.800 0.068

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Br1 F2 F3 F4
Br11.79471.82061.8206
F21.79472.35822.3582
F31.82062.35823.6005
F41.82062.35823.6005

picture of Bromine trifluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Br1 F3 81.425 F2 Br1 F4 81.425
F3 Br1 F4 162.850
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Br -0.062      
2 F 0.049      
3 F 0.007      
4 F 0.007      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.448 0.448
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.335 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.524 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.799
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.326 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.457 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.131
Polar
3z2-r22.261
x2-y21.189
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.262 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.757 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.443


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.592
(<r2>)1/2 10.030