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All results from a given calculation for CF3CH2Cl (2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl chloride)

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-836.923144
Energy at 298.15K-836.916431
HF Energy-837.165158
Nuclear repulsion energy322.410455
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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3107 2998 7.71      
2 A' 1466 1414 15.17      
3 A' 1341 1294 52.64      
4 A' 1276 1232 134.22      
5 A' 1173 1132 230.07      
6 A' 858 828 12.47      
7 A' 790 763 30.90      
8 A' 637 615 24.02      
9 A' 536 517 4.60      
10 A' 352 339 0.25      
11 A' 181 174 1.24      
12 A" 3174 3063 0.31      
13 A" 1309 1263 144.53      
14 A" 1118 1079 80.74      
15 A" 914 882 8.01      
16 A" 532 514 1.28      
17 A" 347 335 1.14      
18 A" 89 86 2.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9599.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9263.5 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.17742 0.05944 0.05881

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.862 0.493 0.000
C2 0.659 0.431 0.000
Cl3 -1.590 -1.139 0.000
H4 -1.194 1.021 0.893
H5 -1.194 1.021 -0.893
F6 1.135 1.687 0.000
F7 1.135 -0.190 1.081
F8 1.135 -0.190 -1.081

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 F6 F7 F8
C11.52211.78721.08941.08942.32602.37042.3704
C21.52212.74282.14062.14061.34341.33361.3336
Cl31.78722.74282.36992.36993.92563.08123.0812
H41.08942.14062.36991.78662.58212.63143.2842
H51.08942.14062.36991.78662.58213.28422.6314
F62.32601.34343.92562.58212.58212.16562.1656
F72.37041.33363.08122.63143.28422.16562.1614
F82.37041.33363.08123.28422.63142.16562.1614

picture of 2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F6 108.112 C1 C2 F7 111.693
C1 C2 F8 111.693 C2 C1 Cl3 112.044
C2 C1 H4 108.867 C2 C1 H5 108.867
Cl3 C1 H4 108.590 Cl3 C1 H5 108.590
H4 C1 H5 109.867 F6 C2 F7 108.387
F6 C2 F8 108.387 F7 C2 F8 108.464
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.296      
2 C 0.288      
3 Cl -0.135      
4 H 0.177      
5 H 0.177      
6 F -0.080      
7 F -0.066      
8 F -0.066      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.986 1.462 0.000 1.763
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 187.799
(<r2>)1/2 13.704