Fluorine Properties

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Since this is a diatomic molecule with the same atoms, the dipole moment is zero. The electronegativity is also the same between each atom. There would be no difference between the atoms, so the electrostatic potential would be symmetric.

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The below graph shows the potential energy vs bond length of three different an initio calculations. As you can see, the highest level of calculation (DZV) has the lowest potential energy of the three plots. The DZV calculation depended on the subsequent calculations of the 6-21G and 6-31G basis sets. The lowest potential energy for the 6-31G basis set was used as a starting point for the DZV calculations and therefore has the lowest potential energy.

 
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AM1 Geometry

This is the bond length for the Fluorine using the Hamiltonian AM1. The actual length for the diatomic fluorine is 1.4119angstroms acquired from NIST. There is a difference of 0.02angstroms using this method. The bond angle is 180 degrees for all images.
 
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6-21G Geometry

This is the bond length for the Fluorine using the basis set of 6-21G. There is no difference between the actual and experimental values in this basis set or the 6-31G and DZV sets.
 
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6-31G Geometry

This is the bond length for the 6-31G basis set.
 
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DZV Geometry

This is the bond length for the DZV basis set.
 
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HOMO

This is the highest occupied molecular orbital, which means that this state is the highest energy of all possible orbitals and has two electrons in each orbit. This orbit is the 9th orbital.
 
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LUMO

This is the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, which means that this state is the next lowest orbital structure an electron could transition to from the HOMO level. This is the 10th molecular orbital.
 
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Partial Atomic Charges

This shows the partial charges for the DZV calculations. The partial charges are zero since both atoms are the same, so neither is more negative or more positive than the other.
 
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Vibration for DZV

This is the Vibration for the DZV calculation. The vibrational frequency energy is 1131.8cm^-1. The actual vibrational frequency energy from NIST is 916.9cm^-1. Our calculated value overestimates the actual vibrational frequency energy by almost 200cm^-1.
 
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