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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-411.767621
Energy at 298.15K-411.770959
HF Energy-411.767621
Nuclear repulsion energy209.481949
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 HF/6-311G**
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' 4150 3770 139.00      
2 A' 1555 1413 273.62      
3 A' 1470 1336 624.60      
4 A' 1247 1133 187.61      
5 A' 996 905 6.02      
6 A' 697 633 11.47      
7 A' 660 600 21.11      
8 A' 485 441 4.54      
9 A" 1356 1232 509.96      
10 A" 685 622 11.04      
11 A" 498 452 15.47      
12 A" 263 239 136.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7030.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6387.5 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.19664 0.19548 0.19352

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.005 0.021 0.000
O2 -1.029 0.853 0.000
F3 1.104 0.716 0.000
F4 0.005 -0.765 1.057
F5 0.005 -0.765 -1.057
H6 -1.837 0.366 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.32731.30031.31671.31671.8747
O21.32732.13742.19142.19140.9441
F31.30032.13742.12522.12522.9624
F41.31672.19142.12522.11342.4061
F51.31672.19142.12522.11342.4061
H61.87470.94412.96242.40612.4061

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 110.109 O2 C1 F3 108.867
O2 C1 F4 111.957 O2 C1 F5 111.957
F3 C1 F4 108.602 F3 C1 F5 108.602
F4 C1 F5 106.748
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.910      
2 O -0.399      
3 F -0.243      
4 F -0.272      
5 F -0.272      
6 H 0.274      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.086 -0.424 0.000 2.128
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.403 0.388 0.000
y 0.388 -28.302 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.322
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.409 0.388 0.000
y 0.388 -3.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.470
Polar
3z2-r2-4.939
x2-y26.899
xy0.388
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.289 0.046 0.000
y 0.046 2.009 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.912


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.046
(<r2>)1/2 8.947