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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.379552
Energy at 298.15K-451.382038
HF Energy-451.379552
Nuclear repulsion energy253.291275
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 M06-2X/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' 3065 2903 46.43      
2 A' 1939 1836 84.41      
3 A' 1434 1358 60.27      
4 A' 1386 1312 152.58      
5 A' 1280 1212 176.59      
6 A' 878 831 33.55      
7 A' 719 681 40.18      
8 A' 535 507 16.98      
9 A' 440 416 3.89      
10 A' 260 246 6.58      
11 A" 1286 1218 288.01      
12 A" 1000 947 5.52      
13 A" 537 508 1.97      
14 A" 319 302 1.16      
15 A" 93 88 12.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7584.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7182.4 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 M06-2X/6-31G*
ABC
0.18335 0.10037 0.09861

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.022 0.361 0.000
C2 0.503 -1.095 0.000
O3 -0.265 -2.012 0.000
F4 -1.298 0.444 0.000
F5 0.503 0.984 1.082
F6 0.503 0.984 -1.082
H7 1.602 -1.207 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.53282.39041.32291.33811.33812.2251
C21.53281.19622.36852.34402.34401.1049
O32.39041.19622.66453.27743.27742.0334
F41.32292.36852.66452.16922.16923.3365
F51.33812.34403.27742.16922.16372.6794
F61.33812.34403.27742.16922.16372.6794
H72.22511.10492.03343.33652.67942.6794

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 121.820 C1 C2 H7 114.059
C2 C1 F4 111.860 C2 C1 F5 109.283
C2 C1 F6 109.283 O3 C2 H7 124.120
F4 C1 F5 109.213 F4 C1 F6 109.213
F5 C1 F6 107.904
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.796      
2 C 0.157      
3 O -0.343      
4 F -0.249      
5 F -0.269      
6 F -0.269      
7 H 0.178      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.669 0.206 0.000 1.682
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.994 -2.621 0.000
y -2.621 -34.969 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.912
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.946 -2.621 0.000
y -2.621 -4.516 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.570
Polar
3z2-r23.140
x2-y24.975
xy-2.621
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.742 0.346 0.000
y 0.346 3.863 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.702


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 126.434
(<r2>)1/2 11.244