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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31+G**

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/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-411.668205
Energy at 298.15K-411.671497
HF Energy-411.668205
Nuclear repulsion energy208.697640
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/6-31+G**
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' 4158 3759 148.42      
2 A' 1550 1402 271.80      
3 A' 1465 1324 594.46      
4 A' 1233 1115 171.85      
5 A' 989 895 6.20      
6 A' 688 622 10.42      
7 A' 651 588 21.66      
8 A' 478 432 4.58      
9 A" 1347 1218 480.16      
10 A" 677 612 10.08      
11 A" 491 444 15.88      
12 A" 258 234 143.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6991.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9042) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6321.8 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.19522 0.19394 0.19210

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.004 0.022 0.000
O2 -1.030 0.856 0.000
F3 1.110 0.717 0.000
F4 0.004 -0.768 1.061
F5 0.004 -0.768 -1.061
H6 -1.848 0.379 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.32851.30621.32271.32271.8857
O21.32852.14462.19832.19830.9465
F31.30622.14462.13402.13402.9768
F41.32272.19832.13402.12172.4228
F51.32272.19832.13402.12172.4228
H61.88570.94652.97682.42282.4228

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 110.851 O2 C1 F3 108.967
O2 C1 F4 112.024 O2 C1 F5 112.024
F3 C1 F4 108.528 F3 C1 F5 108.528
F4 C1 F5 106.649
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.525      
2 O -0.623      
3 F -0.420      
4 F -0.440      
5 F -0.440      
6 H 0.398      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.119 -0.404 0.000 2.157
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.513 0.347 0.000
y 0.347 -28.661 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.695
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.665 0.347 0.000
y 0.347 -4.056 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.608
Polar
3z2-r2-5.217
x2-y27.147
xy0.347
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.747 -0.001 0.000
y -0.001 2.555 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.477


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.713
(<r2>)1/2 8.984