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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.341948
Energy at 298.15K-574.345666
HF Energy-573.869939
Nuclear repulsion energy105.317849
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 CCD/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 A' 3187 3017 11.07      
2 A' 3077 2913 27.62      
3 A' 1558 1475 9.34      
4 A' 1505 1424 4.86      
5 A' 1226 1161 7.38      
6 A' 1077 1019 47.38      
7 A' 705 667 3.04      
8 A' 379 359 2.91      
9 A" 3161 2992 31.92      
10 A" 1524 1442 6.33      
11 A" 1199 1135 1.30      
12 A" 258 244 3.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9428.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8923.7 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
1.38976 0.20631 0.18609

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.813 0.000
Cl2 -0.812 -0.699 0.000
C3 1.415 0.605 0.000
H4 1.830 1.617 0.000
H5 1.739 0.067 0.898
H6 1.739 0.067 -0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.71591.43061.99862.09452.0945
Cl21.71592.58063.51302.81042.8104
C31.43062.58061.09391.09591.0959
H41.99863.51301.09391.79421.7942
H52.09452.81041.09591.79421.7966
H62.09452.81041.09591.79421.7966

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 103.886 O1 C3 H5 111.307
O1 C3 H6 111.307 Cl2 O1 C3 109.869
H4 C3 H5 110.039 H4 C3 H6 110.039
H5 C3 H6 110.107
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability