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All results from a given calculation for CH3Cl (Methyl chloride)

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.396409
Energy at 298.15K-499.399390
HF Energy-499.092803
Nuclear repulsion energy51.232971
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 CCSD=FULL/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 A1 3118 2961 23.33      
2 A1 1453 1380 15.31      
3 A1 768 729 23.38      
4 E 3219 3057 7.89      
4 E 3219 3057 7.89      
5 E 1532 1455 5.60      
5 E 1532 1455 5.60      
6 E 1075 1021 3.63      
6 E 1075 1021 3.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8494.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9498) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8067.7 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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
5.23030 0.44246 0.44246

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.659
H3 0.000 1.033 -1.478
H4 0.895 -0.517 -1.478
H5 -0.895 -0.517 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78661.09091.09091.0909
Cl21.78662.37362.37362.3736
H31.09092.37361.78951.7895
H41.09092.37361.78951.7895
H51.09092.37361.78951.7895

picture of Methyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 108.732 Cl2 C1 H4 108.732
Cl2 C1 H5 108.732 H3 C1 H4 110.200
H3 C1 H5 110.200 H4 C1 H5 110.200
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability