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All results from a given calculation for CH3SiH3 (methyl silane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-331.183411
Energy at 298.15K-331.178175
Nuclear repulsion energy62.081079
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 B3LYP/SDD
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 3048 2930 17.34      
2 A1 2178 2094 65.86      
3 A1 1362 1309 24.05      
4 A1 924 889 220.12      
5 A1 689 663 4.43      
6 A2 170 163 0.00      
7 E 3145 3023 19.29      
7 E 3145 3023 19.29      
8 E 2182 2098 132.38      
8 E 2182 2098 132.38      
9 E 1500 1442 9.08      
9 E 1500 1442 9.08      
10 E 963 925 10.83      
10 E 963 925 10.83      
11 E 939 903 102.45      
11 E 939 903 102.45      
12 E 537 516 13.18      
12 E 537 516 13.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13451.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12931.2 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 B3LYP/SDD
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/SDD

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.262
Si2 0.000 0.000 0.644
H3 0.000 -1.024 -1.656
H4 -0.887 0.512 -1.656
H5 0.887 0.512 -1.656
H6 0.000 1.398 1.176
H7 -1.211 -0.699 1.176
H8 1.211 -0.699 1.176

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Si2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.90611.09711.09711.09712.81072.81072.8107
Si21.90612.51712.51712.51711.49581.49581.4958
H31.09712.51711.77391.77393.72623.09673.0967
H41.09712.51711.77391.77393.09673.09673.7262
H51.09712.51711.77391.77393.09673.72623.0967
H62.81071.49583.72623.09673.09672.42132.4213
H72.81071.49583.09673.09673.72622.42132.4213
H82.81071.49583.09673.72623.09672.42132.4213

picture of methyl silane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 Si2 H6 110.844 C1 Si2 H7 110.844
C1 Si2 H8 110.844 Si2 C1 H3 111.005
Si2 C1 H4 111.005 Si2 C1 H5 111.005
H3 C1 H4 107.895 H3 C1 H5 107.895
H4 C1 H5 107.895 H6 Si2 H7 108.064
H6 Si2 H8 108.064 H7 Si2 H8 108.064
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.998      
2 Si 0.614      
3 H 0.234      
4 H 0.234      
5 H 0.234      
6 H -0.106      
7 H -0.106      
8 H -0.106      


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 -0.662 0.662
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.237 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.237 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.456
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.110 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.110 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.219
Polar
3z2-r2-0.439
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 4.753 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.753 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.648


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 51.304
(<r2>)1/2 7.163