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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-797.461610
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-797.461610
Nuclear repulsion energy291.625842
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/TZVP
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 850 820 120.43 13.05 0.00 0.00
2 A1 536 517 2.89 12.57 0.49 0.65
3 A1 485 468 23.77 2.45 0.27 0.42
4 A1 206 199 1.17 0.61 0.71 0.83
5 A2 429 414 0.00 1.52 0.75 0.86
6 B1 821 792 187.27 5.54 0.75 0.86
7 B1 322 310 12.75 0.11 0.75 0.86
8 B2 722 696 653.33 1.42 0.75 0.86
9 B2 492 474 0.06 0.79 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2431.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9643) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2344.4 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/TZVP
ABC
0.21131 0.12894 0.10196

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.385
F2 0.000 1.687 0.282
F3 0.000 -1.687 0.282
F4 1.227 0.000 -0.625
F5 -1.227 0.000 -0.625

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.69031.69031.58901.5890
F21.69033.37432.27452.2745
F31.69033.37432.27452.2745
F41.58902.27452.27452.4536
F51.58902.27452.27452.4536

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 172.989 F2 S1 F4 87.773
F2 S1 F5 87.773 F3 S1 F4 87.773
F3 S1 F5 87.773 F4 S1 F5 101.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.013      
2 F -0.330      
3 F -0.330      
4 F -0.177      
5 F -0.177      


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 0.999 0.999
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.760 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.747 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.968
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.098 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -7.384 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.286
Polar
3z2-r28.572
x2-y26.987
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.386 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.623 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.698


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 110.282
(<r2>)1/2 10.502