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All results from a given calculation for CHF2 (difluoromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A
Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-236.291768
Energy at 298.15K-236.293001
HF Energy-235.978203
Nuclear repulsion energy68.222151
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/3-21G*
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' 3165 3028 34.33      
2 A' 1157 1107 71.16      
3 A' 1007 963 10.90      
4 A' 520 498 9.00      
5 A" 1433 1371 74.56      
6 A" 1246 1192 105.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4264.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4078.8 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/3-21G*
ABC
2.19520 0.34130 0.29914

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.028 0.513 0.000
H2 -0.684 1.336 0.000
F3 0.028 -0.245 1.136
F4 0.028 -0.245 -1.136

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 F3 F4
C11.08821.36581.3658
H21.08822.07312.0731
F31.36582.07312.2720
F41.36582.07312.2720

picture of difluoromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 F3 114.823 H2 C1 F4 114.823
F3 C1 F4 112.550
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability