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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.559632
Energy at 298.15K-451.562072
HF Energy-451.559632
Nuclear repulsion energy253.210034
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
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' 2984 2854 55.69      
2 A' 1897 1815 100.97      
3 A' 1414 1352 42.79      
4 A' 1333 1275 162.71      
5 A' 1223 1170 218.24      
6 A' 856 819 39.12      
7 A' 715 684 38.44      
8 A' 531 508 16.80      
9 A' 434 415 4.45      
10 A' 252 241 6.32      
11 A" 1207 1155 306.20      
12 A" 992 949 17.52      
13 A" 535 511 1.42      
14 A" 309 296 0.88      
15 A" 79 76 12.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7380.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7060.4 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.18330 0.10003 0.09828

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.018 0.359 0.000
C2 0.500 -1.098 0.000
O3 -0.251 -2.021 0.000
F4 -1.300 0.454 0.000
F5 0.500 0.984 1.082
F6 0.500 0.984 -1.082
H7 1.602 -1.193 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.53512.39581.32131.33911.33912.2175
C21.53511.19022.37682.34632.34631.1057
O32.39581.19022.68843.28103.28102.0296
F41.32132.37682.68842.16602.16603.3364
F51.33912.34633.28102.16602.16422.6687
F61.33912.34633.28102.16602.16422.6687
H72.21751.10572.02963.33642.66872.6687

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.562 C1 C2 H7 113.215
C2 C1 F4 112.412 C2 C1 F5 109.245
C2 C1 F6 109.245 O3 C2 H7 124.223
F4 C1 F5 109.006 F4 C1 F6 109.006
F5 C1 F6 107.818
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.600      
2 C 0.098      
3 O -0.235      
4 F -0.178      
5 F -0.202      
6 F -0.202      
7 H 0.119      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.644 0.124 0.000 1.649
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.450 -2.637 0.000
y -2.637 -35.431 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.349
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.940 -2.637 0.000
y -2.637 -4.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.592
Polar
3z2-r23.184
x2-y24.981
xy-2.637
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.797 0.374 0.000
y 0.374 3.938 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.795


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 126.991
(<r2>)1/2 11.269