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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.455922
Energy at 298.15K-451.458309
HF Energy-451.455922
Nuclear repulsion energy252.263712
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+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' 3026 2880 39.57      
2 A' 1896 1805 101.38      
3 A' 1416 1347 41.02      
4 A' 1332 1268 147.64      
5 A' 1218 1159 212.87      
6 A' 853 812 38.95      
7 A' 706 672 36.84      
8 A' 524 498 17.38      
9 A' 428 408 4.49      
10 A' 250 238 6.03      
11 A" 1200 1142 313.47      
12 A" 986 938 13.60      
13 A" 525 500 1.29      
14 A" 308 293 1.39      
15 A" 73 70 14.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7370.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7014.9 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18185 0.09930 0.09756

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.360 0.000
C2 0.503 -1.101 0.000
O3 -0.253 -2.029 0.000
F4 -1.305 0.460 0.000
F5 0.503 0.986 1.086
F6 0.503 0.986 -1.086
H7 1.603 -1.202 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.53922.40431.32561.34451.34452.2251
C21.53921.19732.38822.35262.35261.1046
O32.40431.19732.70263.29293.29292.0322
F41.32562.38822.70262.17292.17293.3487
F51.34452.35263.29292.17292.17262.6787
F61.34452.35263.29292.17292.17262.6787
H72.22511.10462.03223.34872.67872.6787

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.468 C1 C2 H7 113.612
C2 C1 F4 112.740 C2 C1 F5 109.156
C2 C1 F6 109.156 O3 C2 H7 123.921
F4 C1 F5 108.936 F4 C1 F6 108.936
F5 C1 F6 107.796
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.820      
2 C 0.139      
3 O -0.288      
4 F -0.296      
5 F -0.277      
6 F -0.277      
7 H 0.179      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.812 0.091 0.000 1.814
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.877 -2.932 0.000
y -2.932 -36.182 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.981
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.204 -2.932 0.000
y -2.932 -4.753 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.548
Polar
3z2-r23.097
x2-y25.305
xy-2.932
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.481 0.408 0.000
y 0.408 4.805 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.498


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.163
(<r2>)1/2 11.321