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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

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

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.624175
Energy at 298.15K-451.626391
HF Energy-451.624175
Nuclear repulsion energy248.574526
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/6-311G**
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' 2840 2829 74.68      
2 A' 1771 1764 97.06      
3 A' 1359 1354 22.78      
4 A' 1217 1213 132.73      
5 A' 1109 1105 208.58      
6 A' 788 785 46.40      
7 A' 668 665 29.75      
8 A' 494 492 13.99      
9 A' 403 401 4.58      
10 A' 240 239 5.36      
11 A" 1088 1084 252.75      
12 A" 931 927 41.97      
13 A" 498 496 0.39      
14 A" 291 290 0.72      
15 A" 75 74 10.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6885.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6858.3 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.17596 0.09647 0.09484

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 0.362 0.000
C2 0.508 -1.116 0.000
O3 -0.243 -2.058 0.000
F4 -1.329 0.463 0.000
F5 0.508 1.001 1.105
F6 0.508 1.001 -1.105
H7 1.621 -1.195 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.55772.43401.34801.36841.36842.2370
C21.55771.20562.42262.38772.38771.1156
O32.43401.20562.74533.33833.33832.0543
F41.34802.42262.74532.21042.21043.3844
F51.36842.38773.33832.21042.21012.6987
F61.36842.38773.33832.21042.21012.6987
H72.23701.11562.05433.38442.69872.6987

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.977 C1 C2 H7 112.553
C2 C1 F4 112.765 C2 C1 F5 109.197
C2 C1 F6 109.197 O3 C2 H7 124.470
F4 C1 F5 108.920 F4 C1 F6 108.920
F5 C1 F6 107.716
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.541      
2 C 0.079      
3 O -0.197      
4 F -0.158      
5 F -0.183      
6 F -0.183      
7 H 0.100      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.497 0.094 0.000 1.500
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.849 -2.436 0.000
y -2.436 -35.608 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.604
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.757 -2.436 0.000
y -2.436 -4.382 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.625
Polar
3z2-r23.250
x2-y24.759
xy-2.436
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.089 0.348 0.000
y 0.348 4.303 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.983


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 131.134
(<r2>)1/2 11.451