Dn. Shin et al., A THEORETICAL-STUDY ON THE STRUCTURE, INTERNAL-ROTATION AND HEAT OF FORMATION OF THE PROTONATED FLUOROFORM CATION (CF3H2+), Journal of molecular structure. Theochem, 422, 1998, pp. 229-235
Ab initio calculations have been performed to examine the properties o
f the protonated fluoroform cation (CF3H2+). These calculations show t
hat the global minimum for CF3H2+ is [CF2H ... FH](+) among three poss
ible configurational isomers. This isomer is suggested to be an ion-di
pole complex between CF2H+ and FH. The barrier to internal rotation of
the bond between carbon of CF2H+ and fluorine of HF is calculated as
0.96 kcal mol(-1) at the MP2/6-31G(d,p) level of theory. The heat of f
ormation of CF3H2+ at 298.15 K is estimated to be 60.6 kcal mol(-1) fr
om the G2 calculation. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.