return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CF3CN (Acetonitrile, trifluoro-)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-430.395795
Energy at 298.15K-430.396764
Nuclear repulsion energy227.927679
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/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 2286 2269 23.24      
2 A1 1175 1166 297.64      
3 A1 769 764 2.11      
4 A1 494 490 5.37      
5 E 1154 1145 282.71      
5 E 1154 1145 282.67      
6 E 595 591 0.13      
6 E 595 591 0.13      
7 E 436 432 2.23      
7 E 436 432 2.23      
8 E 180 178 5.29      
8 E 179 178 5.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4726.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4690.3 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.18208 0.09593 0.09593

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.325
C2 0.000 0.000 1.163
N3 0.000 0.000 2.334
F4 0.000 1.275 -0.791
F5 1.104 -0.637 -0.791
F6 -1.104 -0.637 -0.791

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 F4 F5 F6
C11.48842.65911.35711.35711.3571
C21.48841.17082.33352.33352.3335
N32.65911.17083.37533.37533.3753
F41.35712.33353.37532.20752.2075
F51.35712.33353.37532.20752.2075
F61.35712.33353.37532.20752.2075

picture of Acetonitrile, trifluoro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 180.000 C2 C1 F4 110.096
C2 C1 F5 110.096 C2 C1 F6 110.096
F4 C1 F5 108.839 F4 C1 F6 108.839
F5 C1 F6 108.839
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.794      
2 C 0.272      
3 N -0.432      
4 F -0.211      
5 F -0.211      
6 F -0.211      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.428 1.428
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.236 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.236 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -36.459
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.112 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.112 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -6.224
Polar
3z2-r2-12.447
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 127.837
(<r2>)1/2 11.307