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All results from a given calculation for BH4 (borohydride)

using model chemistry: ROHF/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at ROHF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-26.864440
Energy at 298.15K-26.867281
HF Energy-26.864440
Nuclear repulsion energy10.355165
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/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 2749 2461 58.08      
2 A1 2126 1904 145.75      
3 A1 1344 1203 49.96      
4 A1 832 745 15.94      
5 A2 919 823 0.00      
6 B1 2859 2560 140.94      
7 B1 1149 1029 3.94      
8 B2 1983 1776 3.57      
9 B2 865 774 1.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7413.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8953) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6637.1 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/6-31G
ABC
5.85130 4.44732 3.14547

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
B1 0.000 0.000 0.136
H2 0.000 0.571 -1.012
H3 0.000 -0.571 -1.012
H4 -1.051 0.000 0.672
H5 1.051 0.000 0.672

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  B1 H2 H3 H4 H5
B11.28241.28241.17911.1791
H21.28241.14102.06502.0650
H31.28241.14102.06502.0650
H41.17912.06502.06502.1013
H51.17912.06502.06502.1013

picture of borohydride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 B1 H3 52.834 H2 B1 H4 113.987
H2 B1 H5 113.987 H3 B1 H4 113.987
H3 B1 H5 113.987 H4 B1 H5 126.008
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 B -0.001      
2 H 0.030      
3 H 0.030      
4 H -0.030      
5 H -0.030      


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 -1.143 1.143
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.472 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.702 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.930
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.156 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.001 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.157
Polar
3z2-r22.314
x2-y2-0.770
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> 11.962
(<r2>)1/2 3.459