The infrared fundamental intensities and polar tensor of CF4

Atomic polar tensors of carbon tetrafluoride are calculated from experimental fundamental infrared intensities measured by several research groups. Quantum chemical calculations using a 6-311 + + G(3d, 3p) basis set at the Hartree-Fock, Möller-Plesset 2 and Density Functional Theory (B3LYP) levels are used to resolve the sign ambiguities of the dipole moment derivatives. The resulting carbon mean dipole moment derivative, pC = 2.051 e, is in excellent agreement with values estimated by a MP2/6-311 + + G(3d, 3p) theoretical calculation, 2.040 e, and by an empirical electronegativity model, 2.016 e. The pC value determined here is also in excellent agreement with the one obtained from the CF4 1s carbon ionization energy using a simple potential model, 2.059 e. Crawford's G intensity sum rule applied to the fundamental intensities of CH4, CH3F, CH2F2 and CHF3 results in a prediction of a 1249 km mol(-1) intensity sum for CF4 in good agreement with the experimental values of 1328 +/- 37.9, 1208.0 +/- 54.4 and 1194.8 +/- 7.4 km mol(-1) reported in the literature.