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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-413.309544
Energy at 298.15K-413.312590
HF Energy-413.309544
Nuclear repulsion energy205.284426
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3792 3627 78.00      
2 A' 1452 1389 196.84      
3 A' 1325 1268 518.09      
4 A' 1138 1089 171.43      
5 A' 909 870 4.33      
6 A' 629 602 4.65      
7 A' 595 570 17.42      
8 A' 435 417 4.10      
9 A" 1230 1177 394.23      
10 A" 616 590 5.35      
11 A" 450 430 22.62      
12 A" 243 232 116.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6406.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6129.4 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.18974 0.18670 0.18608

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.004 0.023 0.000
O2 -1.042 0.872 0.000
F3 1.122 0.736 0.000
F4 0.004 -0.783 1.079
F5 0.004 -0.783 -1.079
H6 -1.861 0.353 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.34821.32661.34691.34691.8942
O21.34822.16912.23632.23630.9693
F31.32662.16912.17352.17353.0078
F41.34692.23632.17352.15882.4361
F51.34692.23632.17352.15882.4361
H61.89420.96933.00782.43612.4361

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.530 O2 C1 F3 108.370
O2 C1 F4 112.151 O2 C1 F5 112.151
F3 C1 F4 108.774 F3 C1 F5 108.774
F4 C1 F5 106.528
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.938      
2 O -0.594      
3 F -0.247      
4 F -0.269      
5 F -0.269      
6 H 0.441      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.912 -0.475 0.000 1.970
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.830 0.550 0.000
y 0.550 -27.534 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.529
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.202 0.550 0.000
y 0.550 -3.855 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.347
Polar
3z2-r2-4.694
x2-y26.704
xy0.550
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.684 0.012 0.000
y 0.012 2.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.148


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 82.194
(<r2>)1/2 9.066