G. Scholz et al., VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES OF A1F(3) - AN AB-INITIO MO STUDY EVALUATING DIFFERENT METHODS ON A TRICKY CASE, Chemical physics letters, 230(1-2), 1994, pp. 196-202
The vibrational frequencies of AlF3 have been calculated with ah initi
o methods at the Hartree-Fock level, at correlated levels (MP2, QCISD,
MCSCF) and with the LDF method including local (LSD) and non-local sp
in density (NLSD) functions. The basis set sensitivity was examined wi
th a large number of basis sets including polarization and diffuse fun
ctions. The calculations do not confirm the assignment of nu(4) to 263
cm(-1), but suggest a frequency of approximate to 240 cm(-1) for this
mode. The nu(1) mode most probably is close to 670-675 cm(-1). The lo
west recommendable level for vibrational analysis of AlF3, and probabl
y also for related species, seems to be HF/6-31+G.