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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B2
Energy calculated at HF/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-937.361518
Energy at 298.15K-937.366510
HF Energy-937.361518
Nuclear repulsion energy533.691487
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 HF/6-31+G**
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 987 893 342.78      
2 A1 801 724 32.95      
3 A1 629 568 9.54      
4 A1 574 519 129.75      
5 A1 447 404 5.93      
6 A1 318 288 0.01      
7 A2 496 449 0.00      
8 A2 330 299 0.00      
9 B1 1088 984 447.93      
10 B1 565 511 48.81      
11 B1 483 437 3.80      
12 B2 2062 1865 32050.43      
13 B2 885 800 98.31      
14 B2 539 488 11.38      
15 B2 237 214 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5221.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9042) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4720.9 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 HF/6-31+G**
ABC
0.09304 0.08306 0.08187

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.168
F2 0.000 1.214 1.118
F3 0.000 -1.214 1.118
F4 1.557 0.000 0.053
F5 -1.557 0.000 0.053
F6 0.000 0.933 -1.311
F7 0.000 -0.933 -1.311

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
P11.54181.54181.56091.56091.74941.7494
F21.54182.42882.24332.24332.44583.2427
F31.54182.42882.24332.24333.24272.4458
F41.56092.24332.24333.11332.27062.2706
F51.56092.24332.24333.11332.27062.2706
F61.74942.44583.24272.27062.27061.8663
F71.74943.24272.44582.27062.27061.8663

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 103.937 F2 P1 F4 92.607
F2 P1 F5 92.607 F2 P1 F6 95.793
F2 P1 F7 160.269 F3 P1 F4 92.607
F3 P1 F5 92.607 F3 P1 F6 160.269
F3 P1 F7 95.793 F4 P1 F5 171.531
F4 P1 F6 86.419 F4 P1 F7 86.419
F5 P1 F6 86.419 F5 P1 F7 86.419
F6 P1 F7 64.476
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 3.888      
2 F -0.798      
3 F -0.798      
4 F -0.755      
5 F -0.755      
6 F -0.390      
7 F -0.390      


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 -0.750 0.750
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.031 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.601 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.390
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.036 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.109 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.926
Polar
3z2-r21.853
x2-y2-3.430
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.263 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.748 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.457


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 166.635
(<r2>)1/2 12.909