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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.409741
Energy at 298.15K-451.412261
HF Energy-451.409741
Nuclear repulsion energy254.262212
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 M06-2X/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' 3026 2882 47.18      
2 A' 1939 1847 87.14      
3 A' 1424 1356 58.65      
4 A' 1376 1311 138.74      
5 A' 1269 1209 159.82      
6 A' 878 836 28.24      
7 A' 727 692 39.29      
8 A' 541 515 15.73      
9 A' 443 422 3.45      
10 A' 257 245 6.17      
11 A" 1273 1212 260.24      
12 A" 1002 955 6.18      
13 A" 544 518 1.72      
14 A" 317 302 1.16      
15 A" 95 90 11.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7555.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9524) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7195.7 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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.18528 0.10086 0.09907

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.021 0.363 0.000
C2 0.500 -1.096 0.000
O3 -0.261 -2.011 0.000
F4 -1.291 0.445 0.000
F5 0.500 0.982 1.076
F6 0.500 0.982 -1.076
H7 1.600 -1.200 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.53532.39031.31451.33031.33032.2223
C21.53531.19002.36272.33942.33941.1058
O32.39031.19002.66323.26963.26962.0307
F41.31452.36272.66322.15702.15703.3271
F51.33032.33943.26962.15702.15182.6700
F61.33032.33943.26962.15702.15182.6700
H72.22231.10582.03073.32712.67002.6700

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.070 C1 C2 H7 113.588
C2 C1 F4 111.771 C2 C1 F5 109.238
C2 C1 F6 109.238 O3 C2 H7 124.342
F4 C1 F5 109.283 F4 C1 F6 109.283
F5 C1 F6 107.948
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.336      
2 C 0.071      
3 O -0.238      
4 F -0.086      
5 F -0.115      
6 F -0.115      
7 H 0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.611 0.237 0.000 1.628
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.889 -2.547 0.000
y -2.547 -34.632 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.799
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.827 -2.547 0.000
y -2.547 -4.288 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.461
Polar
3z2-r22.922
x2-y24.743
xy-2.547
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.071 0.252 0.000
y 0.252 4.261 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.131


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 125.694
(<r2>)1/2 11.211