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All results from a given calculation for CH3Li (methyl lithium)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-47.089628
Energy at 298.15K-47.091997
Nuclear repulsion energy16.195538
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/6-31+G**
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 2937 2893 70.01      
2 A1 1037 1021 0.30      
3 A1 638 629 31.93      
4 E 3030 2984 27.61      
4 E 3030 2984 27.60      
5 E 1385 1364 0.41      
5 E 1385 1364 0.41      
6 E 448 441 170.68      
6 E 448 441 170.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7168.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7060.5 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
5.31864 0.76688 0.76688

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Li1 0.000 0.000 -1.574
C2 0.000 0.000 0.384
H3 0.000 1.024 0.807
H4 -0.887 -0.512 0.807
H5 0.887 -0.512 0.807

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Li1 C2 H3 H4 H5
Li11.95802.59192.59192.5919
C21.95801.10781.10781.1078
H32.59191.10781.77341.7734
H42.59191.10781.77341.7734
H52.59191.10781.77341.7734

picture of methyl lithium state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Li1 C2 H3 112.448 Li1 C2 H4 112.448
Li1 C2 H5 112.448 H3 C2 H4 106.337
H3 C2 H5 106.337 H4 C2 H5 106.337
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Li 0.303      
2 C -0.756      
3 H 0.151      
4 H 0.151      
5 H 0.151      


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 -5.367 5.367
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.228 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.228 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.224
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.002 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.002 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.004
Polar
3z2-r220.008
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 4.998 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.999 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 7.283


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 18.971
(<r2>)1/2 4.356