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All results from a given calculation for CF3OH (trifluoromethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-407.540077
Energy at 298.15K-407.542474
HF Energy-407.540077
Nuclear repulsion energy195.904177
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/STO-3G
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' 3803 3342 17.95      
2 A' 1555 1367 66.82      
3 A' 1276 1121 150.11      
4 A' 1213 1066 158.42      
5 A' 871 766 1.31      
6 A' 544 478 8.06      
7 A' 515 453 12.41      
8 A' 368 323 2.46      
9 A" 1313 1154 182.29      
10 A" 534 470 10.22      
11 A" 377 331 11.71      
12 A" 179 157 63.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6273.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5513.5 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.17340 0.16969 0.16897

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.014 0.000
O2 -1.438 0.104 0.000
F3 0.487 1.315 0.000
F4 0.487 -0.660 1.129
F5 0.487 -0.660 -1.129
H6 -1.712 -0.878 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 F3 F4 F5 H6
C11.45111.38601.39801.39801.9401
O21.45112.27392.35842.35841.0202
F31.38602.27392.27472.27473.1061
F41.39802.35842.27472.25712.4816
F51.39802.35842.27472.25712.4816
H61.94011.02023.10612.48162.4816

picture of trifluoromethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H6 102.034 O2 C1 F3 106.520
O2 C1 F4 111.731 O2 C1 F5 111.731
F3 C1 F4 109.590 F3 C1 F5 109.590
F4 C1 F5 107.667
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.359      
2 O -0.253      
3 F -0.090      
4 F -0.105      
5 F -0.105      
6 H 0.194      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.385 -1.231 0.000 1.290
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.341 2.434 0.000
y 2.434 -22.066 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.362
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.373 2.434 0.000
y 2.434 0.785 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.158
Polar
3z2-r2-2.316
x2-y2-0.274
xy2.434
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.600 0.264 0.000
y 0.264 1.661 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.166


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.172
(<r2>)1/2 9.337