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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-413.371425
Energy at 298.15K-413.374484
HF Energy-413.371425
Nuclear repulsion energy205.895136
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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' 3892 3703 86.90      
2 A' 1456 1385 208.42      
3 A' 1343 1278 520.29      
4 A' 1142 1087 165.53      
5 A' 921 877 4.46      
6 A' 635 605 5.39      
7 A' 601 572 17.99      
8 A' 440 418 4.10      
9 A" 1249 1188 396.09      
10 A" 623 593 5.89      
11 A" 451 430 18.58      
12 A" 226 215 118.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6489.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6174.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.19074 0.18788 0.18719

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.004 0.023 0.000
O2 -1.039 0.870 0.000
F3 1.120 0.733 0.000
F4 0.004 -0.780 1.076
F5 0.004 -0.780 -1.076
H6 -1.855 0.357 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.34391.32351.34281.34281.8880
O21.34392.16412.22942.22940.9635
F31.32352.16412.16692.16692.9987
F41.34282.22942.16692.15282.4298
F51.34282.22942.16692.15282.4298
H61.88800.96352.99872.42982.4298

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.696 O2 C1 F3 108.445
O2 C1 F4 112.152 O2 C1 F5 112.152
F3 C1 F4 108.715 F3 C1 F5 108.715
F4 C1 F5 106.562
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.966      
2 O -0.517      
3 F -0.252      
4 F -0.274      
5 F -0.274      
6 H 0.352      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.917 -0.450 0.000 1.969
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.849 0.499 0.000
y 0.499 -27.471 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.497
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.135 0.499 0.000
y 0.499 -3.798 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.337
Polar
3z2-r2-4.674
x2-y26.622
xy0.499
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.661 0.012 0.000
y 0.012 2.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.136


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.790
(<r2>)1/2 9.044