Characteristic Vibrations of PF5 (D3h symmetry)

The forms of the normal modes for PF5 were calculated at the Hartree-Fock level using the 6-311+G* basis set.  Listed frequencies were tabulated by Lugez et al. (1998, J. Chem. Phys. 108:8381-8393) from several sources.

ν1 = 817 cm-1 

A1' Symmetry

ν2 = 640 cm-1 

A1' Symmetry

ν3 = 946 cm-1 

A2'' Symmetry

ν4 = 576 cm-1 

A2'' Symmetry

ν8 = 514 cm-1 

E'' Symmetry

ν5 = 1026 cm-1 

E' Symmetry

ν6 = 533 cm-1 

E' Symmetry

ν7 = 175 cm-1 

E' Symmetry

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