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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-797.335278
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-797.335278
Nuclear repulsion energy300.373037
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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
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 930 886 103.04 8.60 0.00 0.00
2 A1 602 573 3.56 7.09 0.43 0.60
3 A1 545 519 20.96 1.11 0.30 0.46
4 A1 226 215 0.51 0.23 0.73 0.84
5 A2 480 457 0.00 0.79 0.75 0.86
6 B1 910 867 146.07 2.96 0.75 0.86
7 B1 368 350 9.33 0.06 0.75 0.86
8 B2 813 774 536.70 0.92 0.75 0.86
9 B2 552 525 2.82 0.47 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2712.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9524) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2583.3 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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.22287 0.13847 0.10805

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.000 0.000 0.384
F2 0.000 1.631 0.255
F3 0.000 -1.631 0.255
F4 1.203 0.000 -0.596
F5 -1.203 0.000 -0.596

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.63591.63591.55131.5513
F21.63593.26172.19802.1980
F31.63593.26172.19802.1980
F41.55132.19802.19802.4053
F51.55132.19802.19802.4053

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 170.997 F2 S1 F4 87.159
F2 S1 F5 87.159 F3 S1 F4 87.159
F3 S1 F5 87.159 F4 S1 F5 101.658
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 0.685      
2 F -0.268      
3 F -0.268      
4 F -0.075      
5 F -0.075      


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 0.617 0.617
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.379 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.143
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.466 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.286 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.820
Polar
3z2-r25.641
x2-y25.168
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.434 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.100 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.872


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.836
(<r2>)1/2 10.190