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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-449.310544
Energy at 298.15K-449.313115
HF Energy-449.310544
Nuclear repulsion energy251.298285
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 HF/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 A' 3316 2994 11.22      
2 A' 1965 1774 63.79      
3 A' 1544 1394 69.00      
4 A' 1434 1295 121.17      
5 A' 1338 1208 231.41      
6 A' 899 812 59.24      
7 A' 733 662 46.87      
8 A' 544 492 31.74      
9 A' 458 414 8.81      
10 A' 281 253 9.10      
11 A" 1332 1202 305.20      
12 A" 1091 985 11.31      
13 A" 540 488 6.70      
14 A" 341 308 1.62      
15 A" 68 62 23.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7941.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7170.8 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
0.17838 0.09952 0.09775

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.022 0.342 0.000
C2 0.508 -1.086 0.000
O3 -0.249 -2.018 0.000
F4 -1.322 0.446 0.000
F5 0.508 0.988 1.097
F6 0.508 0.988 -1.097
H7 1.581 -1.190 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.50862.37581.34771.36261.36262.1853
C21.50861.20062.38652.34662.34661.0781
O32.37581.20062.68783.28863.28862.0088
F41.34772.38652.68782.20082.20083.3318
F51.36262.34663.28862.20082.19382.6641
F61.36262.34663.28862.20082.19382.6641
H72.18531.07812.00883.33182.66412.6641

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.137 C1 C2 H7 114.281
C2 C1 F4 113.221 C2 C1 F5 109.527
C2 C1 F6 109.527 O3 C2 H7 123.581
F4 C1 F5 108.583 F4 C1 F6 108.583
F5 C1 F6 107.219
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.071      
2 C 0.249      
3 O -0.406      
4 F -0.373      
5 F -0.387      
6 F -0.387      
7 H 0.233      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.324 -0.305 0.000 2.344
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.652 -3.715 0.000
y -3.715 -37.833 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.964
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.746 -3.715 0.000
y -3.715 -5.525 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.778
Polar
3z2-r23.557
x2-y26.181
xy-3.715
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.251 0.621 0.000
y 0.621 3.362 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.290


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 129.047
(<r2>)1/2 11.360