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All results from a given calculation for SF4 (Sulfur tetrafluoride)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-797.459525
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-797.459525
Nuclear repulsion energy292.864393
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 867 831 100.87 10.92 0.00 0.00
2 A1 584 560 2.73 9.09 0.49 0.65
3 A1 488 467 20.51 1.48 0.28 0.44
4 A1 190 182 0.50 0.40 0.73 0.85
5 A2 435 417 0.00 1.28 0.75 0.86
6 B1 852 816 149.68 4.23 0.75 0.86
7 B1 330 316 9.88 0.10 0.75 0.86
8 B2 807 773 509.10 1.16 0.75 0.86
9 B2 496 475 2.06 0.71 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2524.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2418.2 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.21036 0.13209 0.10282

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.390
F2 0.000 1.668 0.267
F3 0.000 -1.668 0.267
F4 1.238 0.000 -0.614
F5 -1.238 0.000 -0.614

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.67261.67261.59421.5942
F21.67263.33612.25632.2563
F31.67263.33612.25632.2563
F41.59422.25632.25632.4760
F51.59422.25632.25632.4760

picture of Sulfur tetrafluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 S1 F3 171.532 F2 S1 F4 87.334
F2 S1 F5 87.334 F3 S1 F4 87.334
F3 S1 F5 87.334 F4 S1 F5 101.893
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.320      
2 F -0.381      
3 F -0.381      
4 F -0.278      
5 F -0.278      


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 0.885 0.885
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.780 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -36.262 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.054
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.378 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.845 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.467
Polar
3z2-r26.933
x2-y25.482
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.262 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.098 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.557


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.391
(<r2>)1/2 10.411