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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: ROHF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at ROHF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-26.887940
Energy at 298.15K-26.890816
HF Energy-26.887940
Nuclear repulsion energy10.318845
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 ROHF/6-311G*
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 2696 2307 63.65      
2 A1 2154 1843 138.82      
3 A1 1372 1174 44.84      
4 A1 980 838 1.93      
5 A2 926 792 0.00      
6 B1 2801 2396 138.70      
7 B1 1123 960 3.30      
8 B2 2011 1721 1.30      
9 B2 855 732 3.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7458.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8556) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6381.4 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 ROHF/6-311G*
ABC
5.78475 4.44185 3.11571

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at ROHF/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.139
H2 0.000 0.568 -1.016
H3 0.000 -0.568 -1.016
H4 -1.060 0.000 0.667
H5 1.060 0.000 0.667

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.28731.28731.18411.1841
H21.28731.13522.06852.0685
H31.28731.13522.06852.0685
H41.18412.06852.06852.1200
H51.18412.06852.06852.1200

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 52.325 H2 B1 H4 113.578
H2 B1 H5 113.578 H3 B1 H4 113.578
H3 B1 H5 113.578 H4 B1 H5 127.069
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.415      
2 H 0.134      
3 H 0.134      
4 H 0.074      
5 H 0.074      


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 -1.201 1.201
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.611 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.745
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.285 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.230 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.514
Polar
3z2-r23.028
x2-y2-0.703
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 12.037
(<r2>)1/2 3.469