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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-794.907766
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-794.907766
Nuclear repulsion energy282.203408
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/6-31G
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 873 788 76.12 27.72 0.01 0.02
2 A1 621 561 0.06 27.46 0.44 0.61
3 A1 467 422 66.79 2.49 0.42 0.59
4 A1 142 128 0.90 0.99 0.72 0.84
5 A2 426 385 0.00 3.08 0.75 0.86
6 B1 920 831 98.05 11.74 0.75 0.86
7 B1 343 309 32.39 0.18 0.75 0.86
8 B2 861 777 526.98 1.65 0.75 0.86
9 B2 469 424 12.88 1.38 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2560.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2312.0 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
0.19298 0.12869 0.09334

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.430
F2 0.000 1.718 0.175
F3 0.000 -1.718 0.175
F4 1.343 0.000 -0.557
F5 -1.343 0.000 -0.557

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.73661.73661.66641.6664
F21.73663.43562.29992.2999
F31.73663.43562.29992.2999
F41.66642.29992.29992.6851
F51.66642.29992.29992.6851

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 163.126 F2 S1 F4 85.014
F2 S1 F5 85.014 F3 S1 F4 85.014
F3 S1 F5 85.014 F4 S1 F5 107.351
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.875      
2 F -0.537      
3 F -0.537      
4 F -0.400      
5 F -0.400      


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 2.434 2.434
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.675 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -42.349 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.292
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.645 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -10.366 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.721
Polar
3z2-r215.442
x2-y28.674
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.389 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.507 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.953


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 116.792
(<r2>)1/2 10.807