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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-449.880768
Energy at 298.15K-449.883159
HF Energy-449.308247
Nuclear repulsion energy247.820938
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 CID/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' 3198 2991 17.53      
2 A' 1837 1718 41.52      
3 A' 1481 1385 42.50      
4 A' 1359 1271 105.46      
5 A' 1268 1186 202.07      
6 A' 857 802 53.29      
7 A' 696 651 37.15      
8 A' 517 484 26.84      
9 A' 434 406 7.86      
10 A' 268 250 7.55      
11 A" 1259 1177 267.81      
12 A" 1025 959 8.61      
13 A" 511 478 5.22      
14 A" 319 298 1.29      
15 A" 56 52 18.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7541.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7053.0 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 CID/6-31G
ABC
0.17313 0.09692 0.09534

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.024 0.346 0.000
C2 0.515 -1.095 0.000
O3 -0.254 -2.044 0.000
F4 -1.341 0.445 0.000
F5 0.515 1.002 1.115
F6 0.515 1.002 -1.115
H7 1.600 -1.197 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.52172.40551.36881.38371.38372.2051
C21.52171.22102.41112.37492.37491.0901
O32.40551.22102.71563.33323.33322.0379
F41.36882.41112.71562.23532.23533.3681
F51.38372.37493.33322.23532.23012.6939
F61.38372.37493.33322.23532.23012.6939
H72.20511.09012.03793.36812.69392.6939

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.199 C1 C2 H7 114.179
C2 C1 F4 112.951 C2 C1 F5 109.563
C2 C1 F6 109.563 O3 C2 H7 123.622
F4 C1 F5 108.608 F4 C1 F6 108.608
F5 C1 F6 107.390
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability