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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-411.543279
Energy at 298.15K-411.546270
HF Energy-411.543279
Nuclear repulsion energy206.071924
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' 3685 3616 76.10      
2 A' 1430 1403 200.87      
3 A' 1322 1297 497.89      
4 A' 1106 1085 157.28      
5 A' 914 897 4.76      
6 A' 621 610 4.13      
7 A' 585 574 19.27      
8 A' 429 421 4.28      
9 A" 1227 1204 371.04      
10 A" 608 597 5.34      
11 A" 444 436 24.29      
12 A" 224 220 114.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6297.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6179.5 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
0.19153 0.18810 0.18754

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 0.004 0.023 0.000
O2 -1.036 0.871 0.000
F3 1.117 0.734 0.000
F4 0.004 -0.781 1.075
F5 0.004 -0.781 -1.075
H6 -1.862 0.346 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.34101.32091.34201.34201.8938
O21.34102.15742.22752.22750.9792
F31.32092.15742.16522.16523.0049
F41.34202.22752.16522.14912.4303
F51.34202.22752.16522.14912.4303
H61.89380.97923.00492.43032.4303

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.406 O2 C1 F3 108.278
O2 C1 F4 112.244 O2 C1 F5 112.244
F3 C1 F4 108.794 F3 C1 F5 108.794
F4 C1 F5 106.393
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 0.694      
2 O -0.537      
3 F -0.184      
4 F -0.206      
5 F -0.206      
6 H 0.440      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.921 -0.484 0.000 1.981
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.749 0.558 0.000
y 0.558 -27.494 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.481
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.238 0.558 0.000
y 0.558 -3.879 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.359
Polar
3z2-r2-4.719
x2-y26.745
xy0.558
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.778 0.011 0.000
y 0.011 2.372 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.181


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.629
(<r2>)1/2 9.035