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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-939.736266
Energy at 298.15K-939.740129
HF Energy-939.736266
Nuclear repulsion energy524.464987
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 PBE1PBE/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 905 865 291.65      
2 A1 734 701 19.75      
3 A1 578 552 18.42      
4 A1 517 494 83.36      
5 A1 381 364 3.83      
6 A1 282 269 0.00      
7 A2 448 428 0.00      
8 A2 299 286 0.00      
9 B1 998 954 387.35      
10 B1 509 486 38.56      
11 B1 438 419 2.79      
12 B2 926 885 123.91      
13 B2 486 465 20.86      
14 B2 205 196 0.02      
15 B2 149 142 1.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3928.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3753.0 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 PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.08948 0.08023 0.07945

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 0.170
F2 0.000 1.237 1.137
F3 0.000 -1.237 1.137
F4 1.583 0.000 0.048
F5 -1.583 0.000 0.048
F6 0.000 0.960 -1.326
F7 0.000 -0.960 -1.326

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
P11.57031.57031.58771.58771.77781.7778
F21.57032.47402.28532.28532.47893.3009
F31.57032.47402.28532.28533.30092.4789
F41.58772.28532.28533.16612.30582.3058
F51.58772.28532.28533.16612.30582.3058
F61.77782.47893.30092.30582.30581.9205
F71.77783.30092.47892.30582.30581.9205

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 103.953 F2 P1 F4 92.712
F2 P1 F5 92.712 F2 P1 F6 95.332
F2 P1 F7 160.715 F3 P1 F4 92.712
F3 P1 F5 92.712 F3 P1 F6 160.715
F3 P1 F7 95.332 F4 P1 F5 171.189
F4 P1 F6 86.293 F4 P1 F7 86.293
F5 P1 F6 86.293 F5 P1 F7 86.293
F6 P1 F7 65.384
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 2.937      
2 F -0.595      
3 F -0.595      
4 F -0.587      
5 F -0.587      
6 F -0.286      
7 F -0.286      


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 -0.694 0.694
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.986 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.786 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.366
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.910 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.890 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.020
Polar
3z2-r22.039
x2-y2-3.200
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.945 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.189 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.282


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 171.546
(<r2>)1/2 13.098