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Hydrogen Bromide (HBr) Molecular Orbital Calculations
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The bond length of Hbr, as determined by the DZV level of theory.

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Table 1:
HBr Molecular Orbitals and their corresponding energies and occupation numbers.
Occupation Number
Energy (Hartrees)
Bonding
Molecular Orbital
0
0.6641
nonbonding
Nonbonding
0
0.1362
antibonding
Antibonding
2
-0.4349
nonbonding
4P3
2
-0.4349
nonbonding
4P2
2
-0.5758
nonbonding
4P1
2
-1.0317
bonding
4S
2
-3.1933
nonbonding
3D5
2
-3.1933
nonbonding
3D5
2
-3.2094
nonbonding
3D3
2
-3.2094
nonbonding
3D2
2
-3.2094
nonbonding
3D1
2
-7.4577
nonbonding
3P3
2
-7.4577
nonbonding
3P2
2
-7.4684
nonbonding
3P1
2
-9.7026
nonbonding
3S

Table 2:
The dipole moments calculated at different levels of theory and diffuse functions.
(D,F,L)
3-21G Dipole Moment (D)
(D,F,L)
6-31G Dipole Moment (D)
(D,F,L)
DZV Dipole Moment (D)
(1,0,1)
1.050075
(1,0,1)
1.146264
(1,0,1)
1.097927
(2,0,2)
0.855275
(2,0,2)
0.978206
(2,0,2)
0.950998
(3,0,3)
0.893857
(3,0,3)
0.951680
(3,0,3)
0.961316
D=#D heavy atom polarization functions
F=#F heavy atom polarization funtions
L=# Light atom polarization functions

Table 3:
The most accurate dipole moment value with the corresponding theoretical value.
Calculated
0.893857D
Theoretical
0.827D
The best dipole moment was determined to be the value calculated based on the 3-21G optimization.

Calculated Vibrational Frequency: 2635.8 1/cm

Potential
Figure 1: The potential energy of bond stretching for HBr. The three different levels of theory are all plotted on this graph.

Based on template by A. Herráez as modified by J. Gutow
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