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All results from a given calculation for CF3CH2Cl (2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl chloride)

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-834.710935
Energy at 298.15K-834.715064
HF Energy-834.710935
Nuclear repulsion energy325.678200
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' 3308 2972 11.49      
2 A' 1625 1460 28.71      
3 A' 1523 1369 65.51      
4 A' 1435 1289 178.05      
5 A' 1333 1198 290.96      
6 A' 939 844 24.62      
7 A' 867 779 38.59      
8 A' 695 624 36.12      
9 A' 580 521 9.60      
10 A' 386 347 0.33      
11 A' 201 181 2.10      
12 A" 3376 3034 1.01      
13 A" 1475 1325 207.29      
14 A" 1262 1134 91.55      
15 A" 1015 912 9.18      
16 A" 579 521 3.41      
17 A" 379 341 1.19      
18 A" 108 97 4.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10544.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9474.0 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.18203 0.06034 0.05969

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 -0.851 0.488 0.000
C2 0.658 0.424 0.000
Cl3 -1.589 -1.122 0.000
H4 -1.175 1.015 0.883
H5 -1.175 1.015 -0.883
F6 1.130 1.660 0.000
F7 1.130 -0.187 1.066
F8 1.130 -0.187 -1.066

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 F6 F7 F8
C11.51101.77081.07781.07782.30272.34962.3496
C21.51102.72742.11882.11881.32371.31651.3165
Cl31.77082.72742.34902.34903.89053.06673.0667
H41.07782.11882.34901.76522.55152.60653.2493
H51.07782.11882.34901.76522.55153.24932.6065
F62.30271.32373.89052.55152.55152.13322.1332
F72.34961.31653.06672.60653.24932.13322.1325
F82.34961.31653.06673.24932.60652.13322.1325

picture of 2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F6 108.468 C1 C2 F7 112.212
C1 C2 F8 112.212 C2 C1 Cl3 112.176
C2 C1 H4 108.703 C2 C1 H5 108.703
Cl3 C1 H4 108.648 Cl3 C1 H5 108.648
H4 C1 H5 109.951 F6 C2 F7 107.797
F6 C2 F8 107.797 F7 C2 F8 108.173
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 -0.510      
2 C 1.100      
3 Cl -0.039      
4 H 0.248      
5 H 0.248      
6 F -0.360      
7 F -0.344      
8 F -0.344      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.199 1.653 0.000 2.042
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.987 -2.826 0.000
y -2.826 -39.836 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.487
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.325 -2.826 0.000
y -2.826 0.400 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.925
Polar
3z2-r21.850
x2-y2-1.150
xy-2.826
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.264 0.834 0.000
y 0.834 5.138 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.701


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.607
(<r2>)1/2 13.624