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All results from a given calculation for AlF3 (Aluminum trifluoride)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D3H 1A1'
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-541.882555
Energy at 298.15K-541.883671
HF Energy-541.882555
Nuclear repulsion energy156.341241
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 PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
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' 649 642 0.00      
2 A2" 281 278 128.41      
3 E' 906 895 176.56      
3 E' 906 895 176.56      
4 E' 232 229 33.20      
4 E' 231 229 33.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1602.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1584.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
ABC
0.21392 0.21392 0.10696

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP

Point Group is D3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Al1 0.000 0.000 0.000
F2 0.000 1.663 0.000
F3 1.440 -0.831 0.000
F4 -1.440 -0.831 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Al1 F2 F3 F4
Al11.66291.66291.6629
F21.66292.88032.8803
F31.66292.88032.8803
F41.66292.88032.8803

picture of Aluminum trifluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Al1 F3 120.000 F2 Al1 F4 120.000
F3 Al1 F4 120.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Al 1.011      
2 F -0.337      
3 F -0.337      
4 F -0.337      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.094 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.094 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.584
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.755 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.755 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.510
Polar
3z2-r219.019
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.983 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.983 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.224


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 92.104
(<r2>)1/2 9.597