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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-794.689332
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-794.689332
Nuclear repulsion energy292.379021
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 LSDA/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 843 830 108.99      
2 A1 553 545 4.31      
3 A1 460 454 18.90      
4 A1 184 181 0.71      
5 A2 410 404 0.00      
6 B1 824 811 186.48      
7 B1 307 302 10.43      
8 B2 757 745 600.12      
9 B2 469 462 1.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2402.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2366.7 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
0.21077 0.13084 0.10262

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.391
F2 0.000 1.675 0.272
F3 0.000 -1.675 0.272
F4 1.232 0.000 -0.619
F5 -1.232 0.000 -0.619

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.67891.67891.59371.5937
F21.67893.34942.26232.2623
F31.67893.34942.26232.2623
F41.59372.26232.26232.4648
F51.59372.26232.26232.4648

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 171.857 F2 S1 F4 87.420
F2 S1 F5 87.420 F3 S1 F4 87.420
F3 S1 F5 87.420 F4 S1 F5 101.300
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.531      
2 F -0.418      
3 F -0.418      
4 F -0.348      
5 F -0.348      


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 0.977 0.977
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.114 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.198 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.402
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.686 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.439 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.754
Polar
3z2-r27.507
x2-y26.083
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.057 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.371


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 109.681
(<r2>)1/2 10.473