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All results from a given calculation for C3F8 (perfluoropropane)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-912.935249
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-912.935249
Nuclear repulsion energy784.924344
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 BLYP/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 A1 1290 1280 7.90      
2 A1 1211 1201 295.59      
3 A1 1107 1098 189.89      
4 A1 734 729 1.62      
5 A1 629 624 4.32      
6 A1 508 503 5.16      
7 A1 358 355 0.02      
8 A1 298 296 0.31      
9 A1 152 151 0.68      
10 A2 1155 1146 0.00      
11 A2 530 526 0.00      
12 A2 327 325 0.00      
13 A2 211 209 0.00      
14 A2 8i 8i 0.00      
15 B1 1201 1192 498.62      
16 B1 1143 1134 108.92      
17 B1 584 580 0.30      
18 B1 433 430 1.77      
19 B1 205 204 3.09      
20 B1 76 75 0.05      
21 B2 1273 1263 136.79      
22 B2 1141 1132 37.00      
23 B2 962 955 217.02      
24 B2 684 678 44.57      
25 B2 501 497 4.91      
26 B2 319 316 0.06      
27 B2 253 251 2.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8639.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8569.5 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.05389 0.03109 0.02932

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.548
C2 0.000 1.326 -0.231
C3 0.000 -1.326 -0.231
F4 1.122 0.000 1.338
F5 -1.122 0.000 1.338
F6 0.000 2.359 0.656
F7 0.000 -2.359 0.656
F8 1.098 1.463 -1.012
F9 -1.098 1.463 -1.012
F10 -1.098 -1.463 -1.012
F11 1.098 -1.463 -1.012

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11
C11.53751.53751.37201.37202.36132.36132.40412.40412.40412.4041
C21.53752.65162.34032.34031.36153.78991.35441.35443.09753.0975
C31.53752.65162.34032.34033.78991.36153.09753.09751.35441.3544
F41.37202.34032.34032.24312.69952.69952.76853.54823.54822.7685
F51.37202.34032.34032.24312.69952.69953.54822.76852.76853.5482
F62.36131.36153.78992.69952.69954.71772.18852.18854.31244.3124
F72.36133.78991.36152.69952.69954.71774.31244.31242.18852.1885
F82.40411.35443.09752.76853.54822.18854.31242.19563.65872.9267
F92.40411.35443.09753.54822.76852.18854.31242.19562.92673.6587
F102.40413.09751.35443.54822.76854.31242.18853.65872.92672.1956
F112.40413.09751.35442.76853.54824.31242.18852.92673.65872.1956

picture of perfluoropropane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F6 108.928 C1 C2 F8 112.314
C1 C2 F9 112.314 C1 C3 F7 108.928
C1 C3 F10 112.314 C1 C3 F11 112.314
C2 C1 C3 119.148 C2 C1 F4 106.960
C2 C1 F5 106.960 C3 C1 F4 106.960
C3 C1 F5 106.960 F4 C1 F5 109.661
F6 C2 F8 107.374 F6 C2 F9 107.374
F7 C3 F10 107.374 F7 C3 F11 107.374
F8 C2 F9 108.304 F10 C3 F11 108.304
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.399      
2 C 0.697      
3 C 0.697      
4 F -0.240      
5 F -0.240      
6 F -0.220      
7 F -0.220      
8 F -0.218      
9 F -0.218      
10 F -0.218      
11 F -0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.076 0.076
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -55.823 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -55.660 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.932
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.027 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.217 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.190
Polar
3z2-r2-0.381
x2-y2-0.163
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.375 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.678 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.258


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 374.819
(<r2>)1/2 19.360