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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.598367
Energy at 298.15K-499.601349
HF Energy-499.147898
Nuclear repulsion energy51.526745
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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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 3145 2933 20.92      
2 A1 1414 1319 11.82      
3 A1 771 719 22.61      
4 E 3228 3010 4.61      
4 E 3228 3010 4.61      
5 E 1522 1419 5.48      
5 E 1522 1419 5.48      
6 E 1050 979 2.36      
6 E 1050 979 2.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8464.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7893.9 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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.32825 0.44662 0.44662

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ

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 0.655
H3 0.000 1.023 -1.467
H4 0.886 -0.511 -1.467
H5 -0.886 -0.511 -1.467

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77861.07911.07911.0791
Cl21.77862.35582.35582.3558
H31.07912.35581.77181.7718
H41.07912.35581.77181.7718
H51.07912.35581.77181.7718

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 108.561 Cl2 C1 H4 108.561
Cl2 C1 H5 108.561 H3 C1 H4 110.366
H3 C1 H5 110.366 H4 C1 H5 110.366
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability