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All results from a given calculation for ClF3 (Chlorine trifluoride)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D3H 1A1'
1 2 yes C2V 1A1

Conformer 1 (D3H)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-758.709941
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-757.590238
Nuclear repulsion energy181.469533
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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1' 536 520        
2 A2" 413 401        
3 E' 107i 104i        
3 E' 107i 104i        
4 E' 554 537        
4 E' 554 538        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 921.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9699) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 893.8 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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.19366 0.19366 0.09683

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is D3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 0.000
F2 0.000 1.748 0.000
F3 1.514 -0.874 0.000
F4 -1.514 -0.874 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 F2 F3 F4
Cl11.74771.74771.7477
F21.74773.02713.0271
F31.74773.02713.0271
F41.74773.02713.0271

picture of Chlorine trifluoride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Cl1 F3 120.000 F2 Cl1 F4 120.000
F3 Cl1 F4 120.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-758.743422
Energy at 298.15K-758.744771
HF Energy-757.664354
Nuclear repulsion energy194.352257
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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 760 737        
2 A1 532 516        
3 A1 323 313        
4 B1 322 313        
5 B2 706 685        
6 B2 429 416        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1536.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9699) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1489.8 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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.45420 0.15082 0.11322

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 0.000 0.000 0.367
F2 0.000 0.000 -1.246
F3 0.000 1.715 0.277
F4 0.000 -1.715 0.277

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 F2 F3 F4
Cl11.61301.71751.7175
F21.61302.29362.2936
F31.71752.29363.4303
F41.71752.29363.4303

picture of Chlorine trifluoride state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
F2 Cl1 F3 86.989 F2 Cl1 F4 86.989
F3 Cl1 F4 173.979
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability