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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-93.223229
Energy at 298.15K-93.226283
HF Energy-93.223229
Nuclear repulsion energy115.280327
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/CEP-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' 4059 3658 158.82      
2 A' 1505 1357 208.10      
3 A' 1345 1212 551.21      
4 A' 1155 1041 221.98      
5 A' 900 811 4.85      
6 A' 625 563 17.69      
7 A' 595 537 36.01      
8 A' 437 394 6.18      
9 A" 1253 1129 488.63      
10 A" 616 555 23.79      
11 A" 441 397 25.02      
12 A" 245 221 233.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6587.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5937.6 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/CEP-31G
ABC
0.18268 0.18090 0.17985

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.001 0.028 0.000
O2 -1.051 0.888 0.000
F3 1.151 0.733 0.000
F4 -0.001 -0.798 1.099
F5 -0.001 -0.798 -1.099
H6 -1.924 0.489 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.35731.35121.37451.37451.9768
O21.35732.20812.26992.26990.9594
F31.35122.20812.20912.20913.0846
F41.37452.26992.20912.19742.5608
F51.37452.26992.20912.19742.5608
H61.97680.95943.08462.56082.5608

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 116.077 O2 C1 F3 109.218
O2 C1 F4 112.379 O2 C1 F5 112.379
F3 C1 F4 108.277 F3 C1 F5 108.277
F4 C1 F5 106.136
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.493      
2 O -0.394      
3 F -0.162      
4 F -0.196      
5 F -0.196      
6 H 0.456      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.805 -0.368 0.000 2.829
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.632 -0.156 0.000
y -0.156 -30.899 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.451
Traceless
 xyz
x 8.543 -0.156 0.000
y -0.156 -5.357 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.186
Polar
3z2-r2-6.371
x2-y29.267
xy-0.156
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.291 0.063 0.000
y 0.063 1.988 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.874


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 71.230
(<r2>)1/2 8.440