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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-413.339638
Energy at 298.15K-413.342676
HF Energy-413.339638
Nuclear repulsion energy204.886711
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3850 3696 103.91      
2 A' 1409 1353 198.42      
3 A' 1300 1248 556.22      
4 A' 1102 1058 191.44      
5 A' 897 862 8.81      
6 A' 623 598 5.03      
7 A' 590 567 17.90      
8 A' 432 415 4.23      
9 A" 1169 1122 429.24      
10 A" 610 586 3.23      
11 A" 445 427 20.48      
12 A" 248 239 122.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6337.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6084.6 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18893 0.18590 0.18546

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.001 0.026 0.000
O2 -1.039 0.878 0.000
F3 1.129 0.731 0.000
F4 0.001 -0.785 1.082
F5 0.001 -0.785 -1.082
H6 -1.864 0.375 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.34381.33021.35261.35261.8975
O21.34382.17212.23992.23990.9668
F31.33022.17212.17792.17793.0141
F41.35262.23992.17792.16452.4487
F51.35262.23992.17792.16452.4487
H61.89750.96683.01412.44872.4487

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 109.330 O2 C1 F3 108.646
O2 C1 F4 112.346 O2 C1 F5 112.346
F3 C1 F4 108.541 F3 C1 F5 108.541
F4 C1 F5 106.290
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.087      
2 O -0.506      
3 F -0.309      
4 F -0.328      
5 F -0.328      
6 H 0.385      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.077 -0.310 0.000 2.100
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.621 0.318 0.000
y 0.318 -28.680 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.807
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.623 0.318 0.000
y 0.318 -3.966 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.657
Polar
3z2-r2-5.313
x2-y27.059
xy0.318
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.219 -0.020 0.000
y -0.020 3.021 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.924


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 83.134
(<r2>)1/2 9.118