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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-413.065837
Energy at 298.15K-413.068910
HF Energy-413.065837
Nuclear repulsion energy205.884159
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3818 3629 82.59      
2 A' 1466 1393 204.83      
3 A' 1347 1280 518.84      
4 A' 1152 1094 166.81      
5 A' 923 877 4.26      
6 A' 636 604 5.32      
7 A' 601 571 18.12      
8 A' 440 418 4.15      
9 A" 1253 1190 395.66      
10 A" 623 592 6.21      
11 A" 454 431 21.83      
12 A" 242 230 117.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6476.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6155.0 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.19082 0.18789 0.18714

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.004 0.022 0.000
O2 -1.040 0.870 0.000
F3 1.119 0.734 0.000
F4 0.004 -0.780 1.076
F5 0.004 -0.780 -1.076
H6 -1.857 0.350 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.34511.32281.34241.34241.8898
O21.34512.16372.22982.22980.9679
F31.32282.16372.16682.16683.0008
F41.34242.22982.16682.15202.4290
F51.34242.22982.16682.15202.4290
H61.88980.96793.00082.42902.4290

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.472 O2 C1 F3 108.384
O2 C1 F4 112.133 O2 C1 F5 112.133
F3 C1 F4 108.773 F3 C1 F5 108.773
F4 C1 F5 106.553
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.944      
2 O -0.598      
3 F -0.248      
4 F -0.271      
5 F -0.271      
6 H 0.443      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.903 -0.487 0.000 1.964
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.869 0.565 0.000
y 0.565 -27.548 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.542
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.176 0.565 0.000
y 0.565 -3.842 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.334
Polar
3z2-r2-4.668
x2-y26.678
xy0.565
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.659 0.013 0.000
y 0.013 2.307 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.130


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.819
(<r2>)1/2 9.045