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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.672565
Energy at 298.15K-451.674955
HF Energy-451.672565
Nuclear repulsion energy251.792079
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 B3LYP/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' 2949 2851 58.95      
2 A' 1859 1798 100.10      
3 A' 1404 1357 33.81      
4 A' 1298 1255 149.57      
5 A' 1189 1150 222.34      
6 A' 836 808 42.63      
7 A' 702 679 36.10      
8 A' 521 504 16.19      
9 A' 426 412 4.55      
10 A' 251 243 6.10      
11 A" 1169 1130 289.13      
12 A" 979 946 25.81      
13 A" 525 508 1.10      
14 A" 307 297 0.84      
15 A" 78 75 12.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7247.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7006.4 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 B3LYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.18101 0.09893 0.09722

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.360 0.000
C2 0.503 -1.104 0.000
O3 -0.248 -2.032 0.000
F4 -1.309 0.457 0.000
F5 0.503 0.989 1.089
F6 0.503 0.989 -1.089
H7 1.606 -1.194 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.54212.40641.32971.34821.34822.2220
C21.54211.19372.39152.35952.35951.1067
O32.40641.19372.70583.29803.29802.0346
F41.32972.39152.70582.17962.17963.3499
F51.34822.35953.29802.17962.17812.6774
F61.34822.35953.29802.17962.17812.6774
H72.22201.10672.03463.34992.67742.6774

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.673 C1 C2 H7 113.008
C2 C1 F4 112.552 C2 C1 F5 109.255
C2 C1 F6 109.255 O3 C2 H7 124.319
F4 C1 F5 108.954 F4 C1 F6 108.954
F5 C1 F6 107.754
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.598      
2 C 0.093      
3 O -0.222      
4 F -0.176      
5 F -0.201      
6 F -0.201      
7 H 0.110      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.623 0.088 0.000 1.625
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.680 -2.613 0.000
y -2.613 -35.638 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.534
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.906 -2.613 0.000
y -2.613 -4.531 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.625
Polar
3z2-r23.251
x2-y24.958
xy-2.613
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.860 0.367 0.000
y 0.367 4.008 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.832


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.315
(<r2>)1/2 11.328