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

using model chemistry: B1B95/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.159321
Energy at 298.15K-500.162284
HF Energy-500.159321
Nuclear repulsion energy51.307482
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 B1B95/TZVP
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 3101 2968 22.82 137.61 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1394 1334 14.56 3.68 0.46 0.63
3 A1 745 713 28.92 14.90 0.34 0.51
4 E 3207 3068 6.20 60.69 0.75 0.86
4 E 3207 3068 6.20 60.69 0.75 0.86
5 E 1484 1420 6.82 13.46 0.75 0.86
5 E 1484 1420 6.82 13.47 0.75 0.86
6 E 1033 989 3.72 6.59 0.75 0.86
6 E 1033 989 3.72 6.59 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8344.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9569) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7984.5 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 B1B95/TZVP
ABC
5.28132 0.44287 0.44287

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/TZVP

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.658
H3 0.000 1.027 -1.473
H4 0.890 -0.514 -1.473
H5 -0.890 -0.514 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78611.08391.08391.0839
Cl21.78612.36602.36602.3660
H31.08392.36601.77961.7796
H41.08392.36601.77961.7796
H51.08392.36601.77961.7796

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 108.568 Cl2 C1 H4 108.568
Cl2 C1 H5 108.568 H3 C1 H4 110.359
H3 C1 H5 110.359 H4 C1 H5 110.359
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.298      
2 Cl -0.153      
3 H 0.150      
4 H 0.150      
5 H 0.150      


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 -2.062 2.062
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.765 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.765 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.029
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.868 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.868 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.736
Polar
3z2-r23.471
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 2.707 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.707 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.339


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.657
(<r2>)1/2 6.054