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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.254762
Energy at 298.15K-575.258460
HF Energy-575.254762
Nuclear repulsion energy105.574401
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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
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' 3148 3011 9.63      
2 A' 3031 2899 34.58      
3 A' 1515 1449 13.87      
4 A' 1463 1399 2.16      
5 A' 1207 1154 17.22      
6 A' 1048 1003 40.93      
7 A' 687 657 3.77      
8 A' 374 358 3.27      
9 A" 3107 2972 38.83      
10 A" 1464 1400 9.37      
11 A" 1181 1130 0.74      
12 A" 250 239 4.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9237.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8835.7 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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
ABC
1.42516 0.20599 0.18643

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.792 0.000
Cl2 -0.808 -0.696 0.000
C3 1.407 0.615 0.000
H4 1.802 1.632 0.000
H5 1.749 0.087 0.896
H6 1.749 0.087 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.69281.41821.98822.08752.0875
Cl21.69282.57423.49722.82052.8205
C31.41822.57421.09061.09481.0948
H41.98823.49721.09061.78641.7864
H52.08752.82051.09481.78641.7926
H62.08752.82051.09481.78641.7926

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 104.069 O1 C3 H5 111.692
O1 C3 H6 111.692 Cl2 O1 C3 111.373
H4 C3 H5 109.659 H4 C3 H6 109.659
H5 C3 H6 109.907
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.389      
2 Cl 0.112      
3 C -0.123      
4 H 0.142      
5 H 0.129      
6 H 0.129      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.969 -0.237 0.000 1.984
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.479 2.253 0.000
y 2.253 -24.374 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.478
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.447 2.253 0.000
y 2.253 -0.396 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.052
Polar
3z2-r2-4.103
x2-y21.895
xy2.253
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.528 1.369 0.000
y 1.369 4.279 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.761


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 67.620
(<r2>)1/2 8.223