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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-940.257880
Energy at 298.15K-940.261836
HF Energy-940.257880
Nuclear repulsion energy526.276618
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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 937 888 266.03      
2 A1 755 716 11.58      
3 A1 607 575 16.94      
4 A1 524 497 75.68      
5 A1 391 371 1.84      
6 A1 280 266 0.00      
7 A2 448 425 0.00      
8 A2 301 286 0.00      
9 B1 1039 985 330.84      
10 B1 510 484 35.27      
11 B1 442 420 2.02      
12 B2 960 911 104.89      
13 B2 488 463 19.41      
14 B2 203 192 0.01      
15 B2 185 176 2.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4035.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3826.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.09010 0.08077 0.08002

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.171
F2 0.000 1.235 1.133
F3 0.000 -1.235 1.133
F4 1.577 0.000 0.045
F5 -1.577 0.000 0.045
F6 0.000 0.954 -1.321
F7 0.000 -0.954 -1.321

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
P11.56631.56631.58221.58221.77101.7710
F21.56632.47102.27992.27992.47093.2893
F31.56632.47102.27992.27993.28932.4709
F41.58222.27992.27993.15452.29472.2947
F51.58222.27992.27993.15452.29472.2947
F61.77102.47093.28932.29472.29471.9080
F71.77103.28932.47092.29472.29471.9080

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 104.148 F2 P1 F4 92.790
F2 P1 F5 92.790 F2 P1 F6 95.333
F2 P1 F7 160.519 F3 P1 F4 92.790
F3 P1 F5 92.790 F3 P1 F6 160.519
F3 P1 F7 95.333 F4 P1 F5 170.915
F4 P1 F6 86.174 F4 P1 F7 86.174
F5 P1 F6 86.174 F5 P1 F7 86.174
F6 P1 F7 65.187
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 1.504      
2 F -0.288      
3 F -0.288      
4 F -0.311      
5 F -0.311      
6 F -0.153      
7 F -0.153      


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 -0.752 0.752
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.345 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.369 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.890
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.715 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.748 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.967
Polar
3z2-r21.934
x2-y2-2.975
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.203 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.500


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 169.603
(<r2>)1/2 13.023