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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-796.926187
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-796.926187
Nuclear repulsion energy289.726303
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/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 826 813 88.17      
2 A1 566 557 3.15      
3 A1 455 447 14.83      
4 A1 174 171 0.38      
5 A2 408 401 0.00      
6 B1 812 799 140.49      
7 B1 307 302 7.60      
8 B2 794 781 448.01      
9 B2 466 459 1.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2404.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2364.9 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.20488 0.12925 0.10091

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.392
F2 0.000 1.683 0.279
F3 0.000 -1.683 0.279
F4 1.251 0.000 -0.627
F5 -1.251 0.000 -0.627

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.68661.68661.61381.6138
F21.68663.36562.28432.2843
F31.68663.36562.28432.2843
F41.61382.28432.28432.5018
F51.61382.28432.28432.5018

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 172.307 F2 S1 F4 87.571
F2 S1 F5 87.571 F3 S1 F4 87.571
F3 S1 F5 87.571 F4 S1 F5 101.637
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.196      
2 F -0.345      
3 F -0.345      
4 F -0.254      
5 F -0.254      


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 0.771 0.771
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.766 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.704 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.109
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.141 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.267 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.126
Polar
3z2-r26.253
x2-y24.938
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.408 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.699


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 110.192
(<r2>)1/2 10.497