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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.476460
Energy at 298.15K-451.478633
HF Energy-451.476460
Nuclear repulsion energy248.572425
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 BLYP/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' 2868 2845 76.48      
2 A' 1782 1768 81.87      
3 A' 1379 1368 23.71      
4 A' 1249 1238 124.04      
5 A' 1146 1136 179.57      
6 A' 803 797 39.78      
7 A' 668 662 28.33      
8 A' 493 489 13.35      
9 A' 403 400 3.66      
10 A' 239 238 5.35      
11 A" 1129 1120 242.93      
12 A" 939 931 18.49      
13 A" 496 492 0.61      
14 A" 286 284 0.69      
15 A" 64 63 9.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6972.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6915.7 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.17574 0.09665 0.09505

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.016 0.374 0.000
C2 0.506 -1.105 0.000
O3 -0.244 -2.054 0.000
F4 -1.324 0.448 0.000
F5 0.506 0.999 1.105
F6 0.506 0.999 -1.105
H7 1.621 -1.193 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.55792.44221.34211.36021.36022.2435
C21.55791.21032.39962.37582.37581.1186
O32.44221.21032.72443.33213.33212.0547
F41.34212.39962.72442.20742.20743.3713
F51.36022.37583.33212.20742.20912.6961
F61.36022.37583.33212.20742.20912.6961
H72.24351.11862.05473.37132.69612.6961

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 123.338 C1 C2 H7 112.876
C2 C1 F4 111.458 C2 C1 F5 108.823
C2 C1 F6 108.823 O3 C2 H7 123.785
F4 C1 F5 109.544 F4 C1 F6 109.544
F5 C1 F6 108.597
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.698      
2 C 0.156      
3 O -0.311      
4 F -0.212      
5 F -0.230      
6 F -0.230      
7 H 0.129      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.430 0.325 0.000 1.467
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.047 -2.280 0.000
y -2.280 -34.806 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.696
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.704 -2.280 0.000
y -2.280 -4.435 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.731
Polar
3z2-r23.462
x2-y24.759
xy-2.280
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.002 0.327 0.000
y 0.327 4.298 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.901


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 130.460
(<r2>)1/2 11.422