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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.109494
Energy at 298.15K-27.112232
HF Energy-27.109494
Nuclear repulsion energy10.279743
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/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 2644 2533 34.44      
2 A1 2143 2052 86.86      
3 A1 1351 1294 40.84      
4 A1 987 945 0.05      
5 A2 676 647 0.00      
6 B1 2765 2649 75.52      
7 B1 1030 987 0.68      
8 B2 2008 1923 0.01      
9 B2 719 689 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7161.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9579) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6859.9 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 B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.76662 4.43835 3.04958

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.147
H2 0.000 0.544 -1.029
H3 0.000 -0.544 -1.029
H4 -1.074 0.000 0.662
H5 1.074 0.000 0.662

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.29531.29531.19131.1913
H21.29531.08832.07542.0754
H31.29531.08832.07542.0754
H41.19132.07542.07542.1487
H51.19132.07542.07542.1487

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 49.679 H2 B1 H4 113.085
H2 B1 H5 113.085 H3 B1 H4 113.085
H3 B1 H5 113.085 H4 B1 H5 128.802
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -2.248      
2 H 0.554      
3 H 0.554      
4 H 0.570      
5 H 0.570      


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 -1.286 1.286
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.391 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.926 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.499
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.178 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.660
Polar
3z2-r23.319
x2-y2-0.465
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.195 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.499 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.733


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 11.999
(<r2>)1/2 3.464