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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.135302
Energy at 298.15K-27.138065
HF Energy-27.135302
Nuclear repulsion energy10.332848
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 wB97X-D/6-31+G**
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 2634 2509 43.16      
2 A1 2159 2056 92.46      
3 A1 1352 1288 46.51      
4 A1 988 941 3.28      
5 A2 715 681 0.00      
6 B1 2747 2615 102.37      
7 B1 1068 1017 0.57      
8 B2 2044 1947 0.27      
9 B2 741 706 0.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7224.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6879.8 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 wB97X-D/6-31+G**
ABC
5.83468 4.49328 3.07116

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.146
H2 0.000 0.535 -1.024
H3 0.000 -0.535 -1.024
H4 -1.071 0.000 0.660
H5 1.071 0.000 0.660

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.28621.28621.18831.1883
H21.28621.06912.06642.0664
H31.28621.06912.06642.0664
H41.18832.06642.06642.1426
H51.18832.06642.06642.1426

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 49.114 H2 B1 H4 113.182
H2 B1 H5 113.182 H3 B1 H4 113.182
H3 B1 H5 113.182 H4 B1 H5 128.708
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.219      
2 H 0.079      
3 H 0.079      
4 H 0.031      
5 H 0.031      


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 -1.355 1.355
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.320 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.912 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.448
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.140 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.528 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.668
Polar
3z2-r23.337
x2-y2-0.408
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.540 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.511 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.395


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 11.913
(<r2>)1/2 3.452