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All results from a given calculation for CH2F (fluoromethyl radical)

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 2A
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-138.375405
Energy at 298.15K-138.376565
HF Energy-138.375405
Nuclear repulsion energy32.267361
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' 3080 3023 9.67      
2 A' 1459 1432 8.40      
3 A' 1250 1227 83.72      
4 A' 451 443 60.46      
5 A" 3227 3167 16.63      
6 A" 1150 1129 5.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5308.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5209.5 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
8.69175 1.04428 0.93848

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 0.023 0.646 0.000
F2 0.023 -0.680 0.000
H3 -0.175 1.121 0.966
H4 -0.175 1.121 -0.966

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 F2 H3 H4
C11.32601.09431.0943
F21.32602.05312.0531
H31.09432.05311.9313
H41.09432.05311.9313

picture of fluoromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 C1 H3 115.722 F2 C1 H4 115.722
H3 C1 H4 123.887
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 -0.150      
2 F -0.177      
3 H 0.164      
4 H 0.164      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.361 0.978 0.000 1.043
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.206 -0.405 0.000
y -0.405 -11.049 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.397
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.483 -0.405 0.000
y -0.405 0.253 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.230
Polar
3z2-r22.461
x2-y2-1.157
xy-0.405
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.049 -0.108 0.000
y -0.108 1.974 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.888


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 18.118
(<r2>)1/2 4.257