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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+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 B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-797.457205
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-797.457205
Nuclear repulsion energy293.807628
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 B1B95/6-31+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 872 835 115.92      
2 A1 561 537 3.98      
3 A1 492 470 24.40      
4 A1 199 190 0.88      
5 A2 435 416 0.00      
6 B1 854 817 189.53      
7 B1 329 314 12.66      
8 B2 755 722 655.72      
9 B2 497 476 1.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2496.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2388.4 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
0.21328 0.13233 0.10333

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.390
F2 0.000 1.668 0.264
F3 0.000 -1.668 0.264
F4 1.229 0.000 -0.610
F5 -1.229 0.000 -0.610

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.67301.67301.58441.5844
F21.67303.33652.24892.2489
F31.67303.33652.24892.2489
F41.58442.24892.24892.4582
F51.58442.24892.24892.4582

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 171.365 F2 S1 F4 87.277
F2 S1 F5 87.277 F3 S1 F4 87.277
F3 S1 F5 87.277 F4 S1 F5 101.744
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.682      
2 F -0.456      
3 F -0.456      
4 F -0.385      
5 F -0.385      


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 1.017 1.017
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.724 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.304 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.010
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.933 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.938 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.004
Polar
3z2-r28.008
x2-y26.581
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.833 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.952 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.139


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.706
(<r2>)1/2 10.426