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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.505247
Energy at 298.15K-451.507464
HF Energy-451.505247
Nuclear repulsion energy249.696052
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(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' 2837 2822 71.71      
2 A' 1786 1776 82.88      
3 A' 1369 1362 23.81      
4 A' 1239 1233 115.14      
5 A' 1137 1131 166.11      
6 A' 804 800 33.95      
7 A' 676 673 28.55      
8 A' 500 497 12.62      
9 A' 407 405 3.51      
10 A' 237 236 5.19      
11 A" 1118 1112 221.37      
12 A" 940 935 20.03      
13 A" 506 503 0.52      
14 A" 284 283 0.64      
15 A" 68 67 9.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6954.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6915.8 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.17810 0.09721 0.09554

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 0.368 0.000
C2 0.506 -1.110 0.000
O3 -0.247 -2.054 0.000
F4 -1.321 0.457 0.000
F5 0.506 0.998 1.098
F6 0.506 0.998 -1.098
H7 1.621 -1.190 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.55682.43521.33891.35771.35772.2367
C21.55681.20702.40682.37642.37641.1175
O32.43521.20702.73093.32893.32892.0573
F41.33892.40682.73092.19862.19863.3711
F51.35772.37643.32892.19862.19612.6895
F61.35772.37643.32892.19862.19612.6895
H72.23671.11752.05733.37112.68952.6895

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 123.052 C1 C2 H7 112.479
C2 C1 F4 112.219 C2 C1 F5 109.056
C2 C1 F6 109.056 O3 C2 H7 124.469
F4 C1 F5 109.236 F4 C1 F6 109.236
F5 C1 F6 107.943
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.124      
2 C 0.025      
3 O -0.164      
4 F -0.011      
5 F -0.039      
6 F -0.039      
7 H 0.103      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.398 0.302 0.000 1.430
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.121 -2.268 0.000
y -2.268 -34.636 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.742
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.568 -2.268 0.000
y -2.268 -4.205 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.637
Polar
3z2-r23.274
x2-y24.515
xy-2.268
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.337 0.240 0.000
y 0.240 4.690 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.327


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 129.688
(<r2>)1/2 11.388