The reorientational and vibrational correlation functions of the carbonyl stretching mode of ethyl trifluoroacetate have been determined from its infrared and Raman band shapes in solution in hexane, CCI, , CS, and CHCI, . Reorientational motion is less hindered in hexane and CCI, than in CS, or CHCI,. Kubo and Rothschild's and Oxtoby's stochastic theories have been applied to describe the experimental correlation functions. An intermediate modulation regime is observed in the solvents used. The fastest modulation corresponds to CS, . Fisher and Laubereau's isolated binary collision model for vibrational dephasing does not account for the observed vibrational widths.