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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G*

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/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-794.646182
Energy at 298.15K-794.648421
Nuclear repulsion energy295.098984
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/6-31G*
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 876 860 93.23      
2 A1 603 592 2.66      
3 A1 477 468 17.00      
4 A1 180 177 0.30      
5 A2 429 421 0.00      
6 B1 865 849 144.45      
7 B1 325 319 7.95      
8 B2 843 827 459.34      
9 B2 489 480 3.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2543.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2495.5 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.21298 0.13432 0.10479

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.393
F2 0.000 1.651 0.264
F3 0.000 -1.651 0.264
F4 1.228 0.000 -0.614
F5 -1.228 0.000 -0.614

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.65631.65631.58741.5874
F21.65633.30262.23712.2371
F31.65633.30262.23712.2371
F41.58742.23712.23712.4552
F51.58742.23712.23712.4552

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 171.106 F2 S1 F4 87.182
F2 S1 F5 87.182 F3 S1 F4 87.182
F3 S1 F5 87.182 F4 S1 F5 101.308
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.127      
2 F -0.328      
3 F -0.328      
4 F -0.236      
5 F -0.236      


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 0.744 0.744
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.738 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.398 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.167
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.044 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.901
Polar
3z2-r25.801
x2-y24.660
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.291 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.124 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.639


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000