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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.583921
Energy at 298.15K-499.586904
HF Energy-499.148882
Nuclear repulsion energy51.622021
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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3131 2979 22.07 148.81 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1405 1336 10.85 0.04 0.03 0.06
3 A1 774 736 22.69 16.27 0.15 0.26
4 E 3221 3064 2.17 47.27 0.75 0.86
4 E 3221 3064 2.17 47.27 0.75 0.86
5 E 1520 1446 5.91 3.70 0.75 0.86
5 E 1520 1446 5.91 3.70 0.75 0.86
6 E 1051 1000 2.12 0.46 0.75 0.86
6 E 1051 1000 2.12 0.46 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8445.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9514) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8035.1 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.30136 0.44914 0.44914

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.653
H3 0.000 1.026 -1.463
H4 0.888 -0.513 -1.463
H5 -0.888 -0.513 -1.463

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77311.08131.08131.0813
Cl21.77312.35132.35132.3513
H31.08132.35131.77631.7763
H41.08132.35131.77631.7763
H51.08132.35131.77631.7763

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 108.479 Cl2 C1 H4 108.479
Cl2 C1 H5 108.479 H3 C1 H4 110.445
H3 C1 H5 110.445 H4 C1 H5 110.445
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability