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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-796.970054
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-796.970054
Nuclear repulsion energy286.790379
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 792 783 103.13 15.69 0.00 0.01
2 A1 516 510 5.25 14.34 0.46 0.63
3 A1 437 433 16.42 3.01 0.14 0.24
4 A1 180 178 0.92 0.70 0.69 0.81
5 A2 388 384 0.00 1.58 0.75 0.86
6 B1 769 760 179.78 5.53 0.75 0.86
7 B1 286 283 9.84 0.17 0.75 0.86
8 B2 710 702 585.66 0.77 0.75 0.86
9 B2 446 441 0.04 0.80 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2262.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2236.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
0.20255 0.12524 0.09883

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/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 1.709 0.293
F3 0.000 -1.709 0.293
F4 1.252 0.000 -0.639
F5 -1.252 0.000 -0.639

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.71171.71171.62071.6207
F21.71173.41802.31472.3147
F31.71173.41802.31472.3147
F41.62072.31472.31472.5048
F51.62072.31472.31472.5048

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 173.524 F2 S1 F4 87.945
F2 S1 F5 87.945 F3 S1 F4 87.945
F3 S1 F5 87.945 F4 S1 F5 101.201
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.534      
2 F -0.417      
3 F -0.417      
4 F -0.350      
5 F -0.350      


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 0.982 0.982
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.204 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.415
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.839 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.862 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.023
Polar
3z2-r28.046
x2-y26.467
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.215 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.657 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.474


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 113.428
(<r2>)1/2 10.650