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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pV(T+d)Z

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pV(T+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.896861
Energy at 298.15K-499.899792
HF Energy-499.896861
Nuclear repulsion energy51.096157
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 PBEPBE/cc-pV(T+d)Z
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 3000 2978 23.23      
2 A1 1327 1318 9.28      
3 A1 716 711 22.07      
4 E 3096 3073 5.66      
4 E 3096 3073 5.66      
5 E 1430 1419 6.05      
5 E 1430 1419 6.05      
6 E 993 986 3.39      
6 E 993 986 3.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8040.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9926) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7981.2 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 PBEPBE/cc-pV(T+d)Z
ABC
5.18306 0.44031 0.44031

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pV(T+d)Z

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.130
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.660
H3 0.000 1.037 -1.478
H4 0.898 -0.519 -1.478
H5 -0.898 -0.519 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79021.09401.09401.0940
Cl21.79022.37662.37662.3766
H31.09402.37661.79641.7964
H41.09402.37661.79641.7964
H51.09402.37661.79641.7964

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 108.555 Cl2 C1 H4 108.555
Cl2 C1 H5 108.555 H3 C1 H4 110.372
H3 C1 H5 110.372 H4 C1 H5 110.372
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pV(T+d)Z Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.207      
2 Cl -0.160      
3 H 0.123      
4 H 0.123      
5 H 0.123      


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 -1.867 1.867
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.890 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.890 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.144
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.873 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.873 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.746
Polar
3z2-r23.493
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 3.141 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.141 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.931


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.913
(<r2>)1/2 6.076