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

using model chemistry: CCD/cc-pCVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.553987
Energy at 298.15K-499.556969
HF Energy-499.149006
Nuclear repulsion energy51.448367
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/cc-pCVTZ
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 3105 3105 22.40      
2 A1 1408 1408 12.70      
3 A1 767 767 23.20      
4 E 3206 3206 5.56      
4 E 3206 3206 5.56      
5 E 1510 1510 5.08      
5 E 1510 1510 5.08      
6 E 1047 1047 2.13      
6 E 1047 1047 2.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8403.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8403.3 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/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.28517 0.44586 0.44586

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.123
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.656
H3 0.000 1.027 -1.470
H4 0.890 -0.514 -1.470
H5 -0.890 -0.514 -1.470

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77921.08401.08401.0840
Cl21.77922.36092.36092.3609
H31.08402.36091.77901.7790
H41.08402.36091.77901.7790
H51.08402.36091.77901.7790

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 108.648 Cl2 C1 H4 108.648
Cl2 C1 H5 108.648 H3 C1 H4 110.281
H3 C1 H5 110.281 H4 C1 H5 110.281
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability