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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-940.316336
Energy at 298.15K-940.319966
HF Energy-940.316336
Nuclear repulsion energy523.426374
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 B3PW91/6-311G**
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 895 862 282.39      
2 A1 720 693 21.20      
3 A1 559 539 8.67      
4 A1 514 495 99.32      
5 A1 363 350 9.05      
6 A1 284 273 0.07      
7 A2 451 435 0.00      
8 A2 298 287 0.00      
9 B1 995 959 382.13      
10 B1 515 496 41.99      
11 B1 435 419 4.76      
12 B2 918 884 128.48      
13 B2 488 470 23.45      
14 B2 200 193 0.01      
15 B2 31 30 0.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3833.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3691.9 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 B3PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.08974 0.07934 0.07903

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.178
F2 0.000 1.232 1.145
F3 0.000 -1.232 1.145
F4 1.576 0.000 0.045
F5 -1.576 0.000 0.045
F6 0.000 0.971 -1.339
F7 0.000 -0.971 -1.339

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
P11.56631.56631.58131.58131.80101.8010
F21.56632.46472.28292.28292.49743.3200
F31.56632.46472.28292.28293.32002.4974
F41.58132.28292.28293.15132.31072.3107
F51.58132.28292.28293.15132.31072.3107
F61.80102.49743.32002.31072.31071.9416
F71.80103.32002.49742.31072.31071.9416

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 103.773 F2 P1 F4 92.985
F2 P1 F5 92.985 F2 P1 F6 95.495
F2 P1 F7 160.732 F3 P1 F4 92.985
F3 P1 F5 92.985 F3 P1 F6 160.732
F3 P1 F7 95.495 F4 P1 F5 170.321
F4 P1 F6 85.925 F4 P1 F7 85.925
F5 P1 F6 85.925 F5 P1 F7 85.925
F6 P1 F7 65.238
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 1.619      
2 F -0.313      
3 F -0.313      
4 F -0.334      
5 F -0.334      
6 F -0.163      
7 F -0.163      


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 -0.486 0.486
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.924 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.934 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.793
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.560 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.636
Polar
3z2-r21.273
x2-y2-2.990
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.008 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.263 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.407


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 172.351
(<r2>)1/2 13.128