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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-797.459521
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-797.459521
Nuclear repulsion energy292.844822
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 B3LYP/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 868 834 100.87      
2 A1 584 561 2.63      
3 A1 487 468 20.62      
4 A1 189 182 0.51      
5 A2 435 418 0.00      
6 B1 852 819 149.58      
7 B1 330 317 9.83      
8 B2 807 776 509.28      
9 B2 496 476 1.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2524.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2425.3 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.21037 0.13203 0.10282

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

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 0.267
F3 0.000 -1.668 0.267
F4 1.238 0.000 -0.614
F5 -1.238 0.000 -0.614

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 F2 F3 F4 F5
S11.67281.67281.59411.5941
F21.67283.33662.25672.2567
F31.67283.33662.25672.2567
F41.59412.25672.25672.4754
F51.59412.25672.25672.4754

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 171.573 F2 S1 F4 87.346
F2 S1 F5 87.346 F3 S1 F4 87.346
F3 S1 F5 87.346 F4 S1 F5 101.863
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 S 1.320      
2 F -0.381      
3 F -0.381      
4 F -0.278      
5 F -0.278      


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 0.884 0.884
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.778 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -36.267 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.055
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.384 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.850 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.467
Polar
3z2-r26.934
x2-y25.489
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.262 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.099 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.557


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.407
(<r2>)1/2 10.412