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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-411.548643
Energy at 298.15K-411.551612
HF Energy-411.548643
Nuclear repulsion energy206.108069
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 LSDA/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' 3745 3675 80.17      
2 A' 1422 1396 207.21      
3 A' 1320 1295 492.02      
4 A' 1095 1074 156.16      
5 A' 914 897 4.79      
6 A' 622 610 4.24      
7 A' 585 575 19.31      
8 A' 429 421 4.23      
9 A" 1227 1204 369.42      
10 A" 609 597 5.09      
11 A" 441 433 20.15      
12 A" 202 199 115.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6305.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6187.1 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
0.19153 0.18815 0.18763

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.003 0.023 0.000
O2 -1.035 0.871 0.000
F3 1.118 0.732 0.000
F4 0.003 -0.780 1.075
F5 0.003 -0.780 -1.075
H6 -1.860 0.349 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.34021.32131.34201.34201.8911
O21.34022.15742.22712.22710.9764
F31.32132.15742.16482.16483.0024
F41.34202.22712.16482.14942.4292
F51.34202.22712.16482.14942.4292
H61.89110.97643.00242.42922.4292

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.422 O2 C1 F3 108.304
O2 C1 F4 112.268 O2 C1 F5 112.268
F3 C1 F4 108.743 F3 C1 F5 108.743
F4 C1 F5 106.415
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.703      
2 O -0.463      
3 F -0.185      
4 F -0.207      
5 F -0.207      
6 H 0.358      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.917 -0.454 0.000 1.970
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.788 0.510 0.000
y 0.510 -27.434 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.453
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.155 0.510 0.000
y 0.510 -3.813 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.342
Polar
3z2-r2-4.684
x2-y26.646
xy0.510
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.789 0.011 0.000
y 0.011 2.379 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.190


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.598
(<r2>)1/2 9.033