Abstract
Ab initio Hartree–Fock calculations at the valence‐double‐zeta‐plus‐diffuse functions level are used to calculate the electron affinity of TeF6 as a function of the Te–F distance. We obtain an electron affinity of 3.1 eV. Our results are compared to previous calculations on chalcogen hexahalides. We find good agreement with experiment and the calculations of Hay on SF6 using analogous methodology.