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

using model chemistry: CID/aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CID/aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.521279
Energy at 298.15K-499.524333
HF Energy-499.149913
Nuclear repulsion energy51.605049
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 CID/aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z
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 3160 3160 23.06      
2 A1 1442 1442 12.83      
3 A1 777 777 26.96      
4 E 3261 3261 3.68      
4 E 3261 3261 3.68      
5 E 1544 1544 5.87      
5 E 1544 1544 5.87      
6 E 1075 1075 1.70      
6 E 1075 1075 1.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8568.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8568.5 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 CID/aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z
ABC
5.31404 0.44851 0.44851

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.121
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.654
H3 0.000 1.024 -1.463
H4 0.887 -0.512 -1.463
H5 -0.887 -0.512 -1.463

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77481.07991.07991.0799
Cl21.77482.35152.35152.3515
H31.07992.35151.77421.7742
H41.07992.35151.77421.7742
H51.07992.35151.77421.7742

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 108.456 Cl2 C1 H4 108.456
Cl2 C1 H5 108.456 H3 C1 H4 110.467
H3 C1 H5 110.467 H4 C1 H5 110.467
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability