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All results from a given calculation for SF3 (Sulfur trifluoride)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
1 2 no C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-697.502345
Energy at 298.15K-697.503594
HF Energy-697.502345
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 873 828 95.87      
2 A' 620 588 12.07      
3 A' 362 343 14.54      
4 A' 180 171 7.34      
5 A" 773 733 406.68      
6 A" 455 432 2.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1631.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1547.3 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.43596 0.16254 0.12150

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 -0.328 -0.197 0.000
F2 1.238 0.054 0.000
F3 -0.328 0.148 1.626
F4 -0.328 0.148 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4
S11.58591.66221.6622
F21.58592.25922.2592
F31.66222.25923.2517
F41.66222.25923.2517

picture of Sulfur trifluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 S1 F3 88.110 F2 S1 F4 88.110
F3 S1 F4 156.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.050      
2 F -0.302      
3 F -0.374      
4 F -0.374      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.683 -0.606 0.000 0.913
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.944 0.004 0.000
y 0.004 -25.181 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.061
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.176 0.004 0.000
y 0.004 3.322 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.498
Polar
3z2-r2-10.997
x2-y2-0.764
xy0.004
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.767 0.049 0.000
y 0.049 2.092 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.279


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 83.828
(<r2>)1/2 9.156

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-697.500969
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-697.500969
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 881 835 96.99      
2 A1 605 574 2.49      
3 A1 369 350 14.28      
4 B1 161i 153i 4.85      
5 B2 792 752 470.15      
6 B2 474 449 1.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1479.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1403.3 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.47002 0.15925 0.11895

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.395
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.195
F3 0.000 1.669 0.247
F4 0.000 -1.669 0.247

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4
S11.58971.67591.6759
F21.58972.20572.2057
F31.67592.20573.3387
F41.67592.20573.3387

picture of Sulfur trifluoride state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 S1 F3 84.932 F2 S1 F4 84.932
F3 S1 F4 169.865
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.066      
2 F -0.294      
3 F -0.386      
4 F -0.386      


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 0.755 0.755
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.882 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.741 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.872
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.925 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.440
Polar
3z2-r24.879
x2-y26.860
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.107 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.408 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.763


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 84.431
(<r2>)1/2 9.189