return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31G

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-757.811171
Energy at 298.15K-757.811359
HF Energy-757.286923
Nuclear repulsion energy164.356668
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 MP3=FULL/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 A1' 368 368 0.00      
2 A2" 278 278 21.34      
3 E' 149 149 0.35      
3 E' 149 149 0.35      
4 E' 443 443 0.25      
4 E' 443 443 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 915.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 915.2 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G
ABC
0.15888 0.15888 0.07944

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is D3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 0.000
F2 0.000 1.930 0.000
F3 1.671 -0.965 0.000
F4 -1.671 -0.965 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 F2 F3 F4
Cl11.92951.92951.9295
F21.92953.34213.3421
F31.92953.34213.3421
F41.92953.34213.3421

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)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-757.815559
Energy at 298.15K-757.816400
HF Energy-757.333084
Nuclear repulsion energy178.145482
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 MP3=FULL/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 A1 578 578 9.15      
2 A1 413 413 0.03      
3 A1 256 256 23.77      
4 B1 225 225 22.76      
5 B2 698 698 110.12      
6 B2 337 337 1.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1253.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1253.8 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G
ABC
0.38895 0.12809 0.09636

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 0.463
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.334
F3 0.000 1.861 0.230
F4 0.000 -1.861 0.230

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 F2 F3 F4
Cl11.79781.87571.8757
F21.79782.43112.4311
F31.87572.43113.7221
F41.87572.43113.7221

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 82.844 F2 Cl1 F4 82.844
F3 Cl1 F4 165.688
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability