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All results from a given calculation for CD3Cl (methyl chloride d3)

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.730064
Energy at 298.15K-498.727919
HF Energy-498.730064
Nuclear repulsion energy51.380762
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 LSDA/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 2164 2124 13.17      
2 A1 1026 1007 10.93      
3 A1 725 712 15.37      
4 E 2322 2278 1.14      
4 E 2322 2278 1.14      
5 E 1043 1024 5.76      
5 E 1043 1024 5.76      
6 E 762 748 2.40      
6 E 762 748 2.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6084.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5970.8 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
2.58635 0.36309 0.36309

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.117
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.655
H3 0.000 1.039 -1.478
H4 0.899 -0.519 -1.478
H5 -0.899 -0.519 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77201.09961.09961.0996
Cl21.77202.37252.37252.3725
H31.09962.37251.79891.7989
H41.09962.37251.79891.7989
H51.09962.37251.79891.7989

picture of methyl chloride d3 state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 D3 109.172 Cl2 C1 D4 109.172
Cl2 C1 D5 109.172 D3 C1 D4 109.769
D3 C1 D5 109.769 D4 C1 D5 109.769
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.636      
2 Cl -0.058      
3 H 0.232      
4 H 0.232      
5 H 0.232      


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 -1.998 1.998
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.730 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.730 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.961
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.885 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.885 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.769
Polar
3z2-r23.538
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 2.464 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.078


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.525
(<r2>)1/2 6.044