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All results from a given calculation for PF6 (Hexafluorophosphate neutral)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-935.604066
Energy at 298.15K-935.608324
HF Energy-935.604066
Nuclear repulsion energy527.895217
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 B3LYP/3-21G*
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 991 953 240.47      
2 A1 791 761 5.29      
3 A1 654 629 13.72      
4 A1 530 510 84.27      
5 A1 399 384 0.63      
6 A1 291 280 0.00      
7 A2 458 440 0.00      
8 A2 311 299 0.00      
9 B1 1104 1062 305.78      
10 B1 520 500 45.77      
11 B1 443 426 3.90      
12 B2 1021 982 100.87      
13 B2 493 475 27.07      
14 B2 290 279 0.41      
15 B2 209 201 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4252.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4091.0 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 B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.09076 0.08137 0.08035

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.168
F2 0.000 1.230 1.135
F3 0.000 -1.230 1.135
F4 1.574 0.000 0.040
F5 -1.574 0.000 0.040
F6 0.000 0.947 -1.315
F7 0.000 -0.947 -1.315

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
P11.56481.56481.57961.57961.75951.7595
F21.56482.45952.27852.27852.46663.2777
F31.56482.45952.27852.27853.27772.4666
F41.57962.27852.27853.14882.28282.2828
F51.57962.27852.27853.14882.28282.2828
F61.75952.46663.27772.28282.28281.8944
F71.75953.27772.46662.28282.28281.8944

picture of Hexafluorophosphate neutral state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 P1 F3 103.607 F2 P1 F4 92.875
F2 P1 F5 92.875 F2 P1 F6 95.627
F2 P1 F7 160.766 F3 P1 F4 92.875
F3 P1 F5 92.875 F3 P1 F6 160.766
F3 P1 F7 95.627 F4 P1 F5 170.696
F4 P1 F6 86.081 F4 P1 F7 86.081
F5 P1 F6 86.081 F5 P1 F7 86.081
F6 P1 F7 65.139
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 1.465      
2 F -0.278      
3 F -0.278      
4 F -0.308      
5 F -0.308      
6 F -0.146      
7 F -0.146      


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 -0.774 0.774
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.257 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.232 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.881
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.700 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.837 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.863
Polar
3z2-r21.727
x2-y2-3.025
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.295 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.053 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.618


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 168.661
(<r2>)1/2 12.987