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All results from a given calculation for CF3COOH (trifluoroacetic acid)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-525.529783
Energy at 298.15K-525.533056
HF Energy-524.392954
Nuclear repulsion energy335.977178
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 CCD/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' 3860 3638 107.43      
2 A' 1927 1815 281.75      
3 A' 1479 1393 63.64      
4 A' 1315 1239 132.26      
5 A' 1257 1185 231.85      
6 A' 1181 1113 324.08      
7 A' 813 766 5.19      
8 A' 674 635 78.62      
9 A' 594 560 9.97      
10 A' 429 404 0.15      
11 A' 398 375 2.23      
12 A' 245 231 1.22      
13 A" 1247 1175 303.69      
14 A" 795 749 34.44      
15 A" 592 558 122.09      
16 A" 507 478 2.58      
17 A" 251 236 0.12      
18 A" 34 32 1.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8798.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8290.5 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
0.12733 0.08310 0.06883

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.086 0.590 0.000
C2 -0.295 -0.904 0.000
O3 0.816 -1.653 0.000
O4 -1.429 -1.300 0.000
F5 -1.008 1.354 0.000
F6 0.816 0.883 1.090
F7 0.816 0.883 -1.090
H8 0.550 -2.584 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 F5 F6 F7 H8
C11.54112.35832.42191.33391.34451.34453.2077
C21.54111.33931.20192.36762.36952.36951.8808
O32.35831.33932.27263.51632.76042.76040.9685
O42.42191.20192.27262.68703.31573.31572.3597
F51.33392.36763.51632.68702.17592.17594.2350
F61.34452.36952.76043.31572.17592.18073.6444
F71.34452.36952.76043.31572.17592.18073.6444
H83.20771.88080.96852.35974.23503.64443.6444

picture of trifluoroacetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 109.720 C1 C2 O4 123.523
C2 C1 F5 110.665 C2 C1 F6 110.210
C2 C1 F7 110.210 C2 O3 H8 108.094
O3 C2 O4 126.757 F5 C1 F6 108.657
F5 C1 F7 108.657 F6 C1 F7 108.384
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability