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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.878201
Energy at 298.15K-499.881135
HF Energy-499.878201
Nuclear repulsion energy50.847919
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 A1 3008 2977 28.70 123.96 0.00 0.01
2 A1 1361 1347 13.00 4.80 0.53 0.69
3 A1 708 700 26.29 11.63 0.32 0.48
4 E 3109 3076 9.11 62.25 0.75 0.86
4 E 3109 3076 9.11 62.25 0.75 0.86
5 E 1449 1434 7.00 13.04 0.75 0.86
5 E 1449 1434 7.00 13.04 0.75 0.86
6 E 1015 1005 8.40 5.88 0.75 0.86
6 E 1015 1005 8.41 5.88 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8111.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8026.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
5.17192 0.43527 0.43527

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.138
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.664
H3 0.000 1.038 -1.486
H4 0.899 -0.519 -1.486
H5 -0.899 -0.519 -1.486

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80131.09531.09531.0953
Cl21.80132.38762.38762.3876
H31.09532.38761.79841.7984
H41.09532.38761.79841.7984
H51.09532.38761.79841.7984

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 108.569 Cl2 C1 H4 108.569
Cl2 C1 H5 108.569 H3 C1 H4 110.358
H3 C1 H5 110.358 H4 C1 H5 110.358
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.701      
2 Cl -0.094      
3 H 0.265      
4 H 0.265      
5 H 0.265      


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 -2.063 2.063
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.256 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.256 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.469
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.893 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.893 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.787
Polar
3z2-r23.573
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 2.435 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.435 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.528


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.394
(<r2>)1/2 6.115