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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.167471
Energy at 298.15K-500.170421
HF Energy-500.167471
Nuclear repulsion energy51.084474
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 TPSSh/aug-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 3068 2961 23.93 156.82 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1377 1329 13.05 0.01 0.68 0.81
3 A1 716 691 28.39 15.74 0.15 0.27
4 E 3167 3057 5.10 54.15 0.75 0.86
4 E 3167 3057 5.11 54.16 0.75 0.86
5 E 1493 1441 5.31 3.99 0.75 0.86
5 E 1493 1441 5.31 3.99 0.75 0.86
6 E 1026 991 1.75 0.62 0.75 0.86
6 E 1026 991 1.75 0.62 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8266.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9652) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7979.2 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.22648 0.43880 0.43880

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.136
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.661
H3 0.000 1.033 -1.472
H4 0.894 -0.516 -1.472
H5 -0.894 -0.516 -1.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79691.08611.08611.0861
Cl21.79692.36972.36972.3697
H31.08612.36971.78901.7890
H41.08612.36971.78901.7890
H51.08612.36971.78901.7890

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 108.015 Cl2 C1 H4 108.015
Cl2 C1 H5 108.015 H3 C1 H4 110.888
H3 C1 H5 110.888 H4 C1 H5 110.888
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.232      
2 Cl -0.250      
3 H 0.161      
4 H 0.161      
5 H 0.161      


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 -1.989 1.989
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.902 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.902 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.428


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.933
(<r2>)1/2 6.077