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All results from a given calculation for ClF3 (Chlorine trifluoride)

using model chemistry: CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D3H 1A1'
1 2 yes C2V 1A1

Conformer 1 (D3H)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-758.607489
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-757.592671
Nuclear repulsion energy186.027859
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 CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1' 595 566 0.00      
2 A2" 470 447 32.98      
3 E' 619 590 342.19      
3 E' 619 590 342.19      
4 E' 178i 169i 7.34      
4 E' 178i 169i 7.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 973.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9522) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 926.8 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 CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z
ABC
0.20354 0.20354 0.10177

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z

Point Group is D3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 0.000
F2 0.000 1.705 0.000
F3 1.476 -0.852 0.000
F4 -1.476 -0.852 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 F2 F3 F4
Cl11.70481.70481.7048
F21.70482.95272.9527
F31.70482.95272.9527
F41.70482.95272.9527

picture of Chlorine trifluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Cl1 F3 120.000 F2 Cl1 F4 120.000
F3 Cl1 F4 120.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-758.659814
Energy at 298.15K-758.661363
HF Energy-757.667823
Nuclear repulsion energy198.543329
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 CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 822 783 49.97      
2 A1 582 554 2.44      
3 A1 369 351 16.44      
4 B1 353 336 19.15      
5 B2 764 727 543.91      
6 B2 474 451 0.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1681.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9522) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1600.9 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 CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z
ABC
0.47121 0.15805 0.11835

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pV(T+d)Z

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 0.363
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.223
F3 0.000 1.675 0.269
F4 0.000 -1.675 0.269

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 F2 F3 F4
Cl11.58611.67811.6781
F21.58612.24352.2435
F31.67812.24353.3509
F41.67812.24353.3509

picture of Chlorine trifluoride state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Cl1 F3 86.783 F2 Cl1 F4 86.783
F3 Cl1 F4 173.566
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability