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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.125458
Energy at 298.15K-500.128415
HF Energy-500.125458
Nuclear repulsion energy51.204406
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
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 3094 2965 22.04 133.61 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1361 1304 13.48 2.14 0.37 0.54
3 A1 753 722 27.54 12.59 0.31 0.47
4 E 3213 3079 3.65 62.90 0.75 0.86
4 E 3213 3079 3.66 62.90 0.75 0.86
5 E 1459 1398 6.90 12.29 0.75 0.86
5 E 1459 1398 6.90 12.29 0.75 0.86
6 E 1019 977 3.89 4.85 0.75 0.86
6 E 1019 977 3.89 4.85 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8295.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7949.5 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.17340 0.44282 0.44282

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.658
H3 0.000 1.038 -1.475
H4 0.899 -0.519 -1.475
H5 -0.899 -0.519 -1.475

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78441.09521.09521.0952
Cl21.78442.37252.37252.3725
H31.09522.37251.79811.7981
H41.09522.37251.79811.7981
H51.09522.37251.79811.7981

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 108.575 Cl2 C1 H4 108.575
Cl2 C1 H5 108.575 H3 C1 H4 110.353
H3 C1 H5 110.353 H4 C1 H5 110.353
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.132      
2 Cl -0.157      
3 H 0.096      
4 H 0.096      
5 H 0.096      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.950 1.950
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.581 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.581 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.875
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.853 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.853 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.707
Polar
3z2-r23.413
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.421 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.421 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.266


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.610
(<r2>)1/2 6.051