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All results from a given calculation for B2Cl4 (Diboron tetrachloride)

using model chemistry: LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1885.787321
Energy at 298.15K-1885.786691
HF Energy-1885.787321
Nuclear repulsion energy424.790968
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 LSDA/aug-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 A1 1155 1142 0.00      
2 A1 406 401 0.00      
3 A1 167 165 0.00      
4 B1 19 19 0.00      
5 B2 735 727 129.99      
6 B2 282 279 5.20      
7 E 930 920 256.00      
7 E 930 920 256.00      
8 E 470 465 3.52      
8 E 470 465 3.52      
9 E 84 83 0.43      
9 E 84 83 0.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2866.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9887) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2833.6 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 LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.05321 0.02875 0.02875

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

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.836
B2 0.000 0.000 -0.836
Cl3 0.000 1.505 1.717
Cl4 0.000 -1.505 1.717
Cl5 1.505 0.000 -1.717
Cl6 -1.505 0.000 -1.717

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 B2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6
B11.67261.74391.74392.96412.9641
B21.67262.96412.96411.74391.7439
Cl31.74392.96413.00984.04074.0407
Cl41.74392.96413.00984.04074.0407
Cl52.96411.74394.04074.04073.0098
Cl62.96411.74394.04074.04073.0098

picture of Diboron tetrachloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
B1 B2 Cl5 120.349 B1 B2 Cl6 120.349
B2 B1 Cl3 120.349 B2 B1 Cl4 120.349
Cl3 B1 Cl4 119.302 Cl5 B2 Cl6 119.302
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B 0.081      
2 B 0.081      
3 Cl -0.041      
4 Cl -0.041      
5 Cl -0.041      
6 Cl -0.041      


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 -60.774 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -60.774 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -62.804
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.015 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.015 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.030
Polar
3z2-r2-4.060
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 12.160 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.160 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 13.763


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 399.948
(<r2>)1/2 19.999