Force constant 1-(5-(δifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrol-2-yl) ethanone (δFPE)a 1-(5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrol-2-yl) ethanone (TFPE)a
CI CII CIII
f(νC=N)Ring 6.522 6.525 6.525 6.551
f(νC-C)Ring 6.438 6.437 6.437 6.458
f(νC-C) 4.443 4.446 4.447 4.467
f(νC-F) 5.268 5.374 5.374 5.608
f(νCH3) 4.919 4.918 4.918 4.920
f(νC=O) 11.445 11.399 11.398 11.467
f(νN-H) 6.724 6.731 6.731 6.710
f(νC9-H10) 4.880 4.775 4.775  
f(νC-H)Ring 5.361 5.379 5.379 5.391
f(δCF2,CF3) 1.887 1.759 1.759 1.417
Units are mdyn Å-1 for stretching and stretching/stretching interaction and mdyn Å rad-2 for angle deformations
aThis work at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory
Table 4: Comparison of scaled internal force constants for DFPE with the corresponding to TFPE.