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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-761.260380
Energy at 298.15K-761.264261
HF Energy-761.260380
Nuclear repulsion energy289.100763
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 B1B95/6-31G*
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' 3701 3514 122.89      
2 A' 1337 1269 197.56      
3 A' 1218 1156 115.72      
4 A' 1032 980 95.71      
5 A' 731 694 171.30      
6 A' 541 514 19.37      
7 A' 523 496 13.88      
8 A' 379 360 4.97      
9 A" 1252 1188 260.36      
10 A" 547 519 34.25      
11 A" 390 370 21.20      
12 A" 179 170 89.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5914.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5614.6 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.17722 0.16976 0.16718

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -0.144 0.010 0.000
O2 -0.482 1.406 0.000
O3 1.525 0.090 0.000
O4 -0.482 -0.707 1.209
O5 -0.482 -0.707 -1.209
H6 1.825 -0.840 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 O3 O4 O5 H6
Cl11.43631.67061.44621.44622.1443
O21.43632.40022.43452.43453.2198
O31.67062.40022.47522.47520.9770
O41.44622.43452.47522.41902.6083
O51.44622.43452.47522.41902.6083
H62.14433.21980.97702.60832.6083

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 105.139 O2 Cl1 O3 100.901
O2 Cl1 O4 115.255 O2 Cl1 O5 115.255
O3 Cl1 O4 104.921 O3 Cl1 O5 104.921
O4 Cl1 O5 113.501
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 1.504      
2 O -0.439      
3 O -0.617      
4 O -0.455      
5 O -0.455      
6 H 0.461      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.926 -1.541 0.000 2.467
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.088 -3.669 0.000
y -3.669 -34.889 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -36.870
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.791 -3.669 0.000
y -3.669 -0.910 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.881
Polar
3z2-r2-7.762
x2-y23.801
xy-3.669
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.218 -0.169 0.000
y -0.169 4.255 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.939


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 97.265
(<r2>)1/2 9.862