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All results from a given calculation for CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-451.410117
Energy at 298.15K-451.412475
HF Energy-451.410117
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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' 3021 2865 55.47      
2 A' 1916 1818 87.87      
3 A' 1438 1364 42.57      
4 A' 1355 1285 146.49      
5 A' 1251 1186 196.25      
6 A' 863 818 37.20      
7 A' 711 675 38.00      
8 A' 529 501 16.17      
9 A' 432 410 3.87      
10 A' 253 240 6.36      
11 A" 1243 1179 284.18      
12 A" 986 936 9.09      
13 A" 528 501 1.58      
14 A" 304 288 0.85      
15 A" 57 54 12.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7443.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7060.3 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.18238 0.09973 0.09799

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.019 0.367 0.000
C2 0.501 -1.097 0.000
O3 -0.253 -2.026 0.000
F4 -1.302 0.449 0.000
F5 0.501 0.986 1.086
F6 0.501 0.986 -1.086
H7 1.604 -1.199 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 F5 F6 H7
C11.54172.40911.32321.33991.33992.2283
C21.54171.19692.37492.34932.34931.1075
O32.40911.19692.68823.28993.28992.0331
F41.32322.37492.68822.17222.17223.3404
F51.33992.34933.28992.17222.17282.6778
F61.33992.34933.28992.17222.17282.6778
H72.22831.10752.03313.34042.67782.6778

picture of trifluoroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 122.711 C1 C2 H7 113.504
C2 C1 F4 111.759 C2 C1 F5 109.027
C2 C1 F6 109.027 O3 C2 H7 123.784
F4 C1 F5 109.305 F4 C1 F6 109.305
F5 C1 F6 108.352
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.795      
2 C 0.147      
3 O -0.344      
4 F -0.246      
5 F -0.266      
6 F -0.266      
7 H 0.180      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.660 0.295 0.000 1.686
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.824 -2.614 0.000
y -2.614 -34.991 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.738
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.040 -2.614 0.000
y -2.614 -4.709 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.669
Polar
3z2-r23.338
x2-y25.166
xy-2.614
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.769 0.345 0.000
y 0.345 3.953 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.737


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 127.007
(<r2>)1/2 11.270