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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.394592
Energy at 298.15K-451.396945
HF Energy-451.394592
Nuclear repulsion energy251.572255
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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' 3001 2881 42.40      
2 A' 1876 1801 101.03      
3 A' 1406 1350 37.20      
4 A' 1314 1261 144.70      
5 A' 1200 1152 214.82      
6 A' 843 809 39.70      
7 A' 699 671 35.63      
8 A' 518 497 16.97      
9 A' 423 407 4.51      
10 A' 248 238 5.86      
11 A" 1180 1133 310.05      
12 A" 976 937 15.84      
13 A" 520 499 1.12      
14 A" 306 293 1.36      
15 A" 72 70 14.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7291.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7000.5 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18078 0.09875 0.09703

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.360 0.000
C2 0.504 -1.104 0.000
O3 -0.252 -2.036 0.000
F4 -1.309 0.462 0.000
F5 0.504 0.988 1.090
F6 0.504 0.988 -1.090
H7 1.606 -1.202 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.54262.41081.32931.34861.34862.2285
C21.54261.19972.39532.35852.35851.1066
O32.41081.19972.71263.30173.30172.0360
F41.32932.39532.71262.17902.17903.3565
F51.34862.35853.30172.17902.17922.6831
F61.34862.35853.30172.17902.17922.6831
H72.22851.10662.03603.35652.68312.6831

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.576 C1 C2 H7 113.510
C2 C1 F4 112.819 C2 C1 F5 109.138
C2 C1 F6 109.138 O3 C2 H7 123.914
F4 C1 F5 108.916 F4 C1 F6 108.916
F5 C1 F6 107.790
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.810      
2 C 0.142      
3 O -0.286      
4 F -0.291      
5 F -0.274      
6 F -0.274      
7 H 0.173      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.790 0.090 0.000 1.792
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.891 -2.908 0.000
y -2.908 -36.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.977
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.180 -2.908 0.000
y -2.908 -4.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.551
Polar
3z2-r23.102
x2-y25.274
xy-2.908
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.526 0.408 0.000
y 0.408 4.860 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.529


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.761
(<r2>)1/2 11.347