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All results from a given calculation for BeCl2 (Beryllium chloride)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D*H 1Σg
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-935.339025
Energy at 298.15K-935.338494
HF Energy-935.339025
Nuclear repulsion energy82.202337
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σg 398 381 0.00      
2 Σu 1146 1098 448.04      
3 Πu 233 223 46.43      
3 Πu 233 223 46.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1005.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 963.1 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
B
0.07392

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Be1 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.806
Cl3 0.000 0.000 -1.806

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Be1 Cl2 Cl3
Be11.80571.8057
Cl21.80573.6114
Cl31.80573.6114

picture of Beryllium chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 Be1 Cl3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Be 0.157      
2 Cl -0.079      
3 Cl -0.079      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.450 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.450 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.806
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.178 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.178 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.356
Polar
3z2-r2-8.712
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.467 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.467 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.821


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 130.162
(<r2>)1/2 11.409