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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-413.365457
Energy at 298.15K-413.368529
HF Energy-413.365457
Nuclear repulsion energy205.850633
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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' 3822 3625 83.03      
2 A' 1465 1390 204.05      
3 A' 1344 1274 520.61      
4 A' 1151 1091 168.51      
5 A' 921 873 4.29      
6 A' 635 602 5.28      
7 A' 601 570 18.02      
8 A' 440 417 4.14      
9 A" 1249 1185 397.65      
10 A" 623 590 6.14      
11 A" 454 430 21.97      
12 A" 243 230 117.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6473.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6138.5 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.19073 0.18783 0.18708

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.004 0.022 0.000
O2 -1.040 0.870 0.000
F3 1.120 0.734 0.000
F4 0.004 -0.781 1.076
F5 0.004 -0.781 -1.076
H6 -1.857 0.352 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.34511.32311.34281.34281.8907
O21.34512.16422.23002.23000.9672
F31.32312.16422.16722.16723.0013
F41.34282.23002.16722.15252.4304
F51.34282.23002.16722.15252.4304
H61.89070.96723.00132.43042.4304

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 108.594 O2 C1 F3 108.402
O2 C1 F4 112.127 O2 C1 F5 112.127
F3 C1 F4 108.770 F3 C1 F5 108.770
F4 C1 F5 106.551
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.956      
2 O -0.601      
3 F -0.251      
4 F -0.274      
5 F -0.274      
6 H 0.443      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.910 -0.483 0.000 1.970
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.838 0.555 0.000
y 0.555 -27.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.525
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.190 0.555 0.000
y 0.555 -3.850 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.340
Polar
3z2-r2-4.681
x2-y26.694
xy0.555
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.652 0.012 0.000
y 0.012 2.304 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.127


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.830
(<r2>)1/2 9.046