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All results from a given calculation for SiCl3CH3 (methyltrichlorosilane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1710.168117
Energy at 298.15K-1710.171322
HF Energy-1710.168117
Nuclear repulsion energy434.846268
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/6-31G**
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 3058 2938 0.10      
2 A1 1322 1271 19.45      
3 A1 748 719 75.24      
4 A1 437 420 22.27      
5 A1 232 223 13.61      
6 A2 167 161 0.00      
7 E 3148 3025 0.85      
7 E 3148 3025 0.85      
8 E 1464 1407 3.17      
8 E 1464 1407 3.17      
9 E 842 809 90.70      
9 E 842 809 90.70      
10 E 572 550 155.64      
10 E 572 550 155.64      
11 E 218 210 3.27      
11 E 218 210 3.27      
12 E 154 148 0.77      
12 E 154 148 0.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9380.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9012.8 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.05721 0.05721 0.04258

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.000 0.000 0.258
C2 0.000 0.000 2.116
Cl3 0.000 1.935 -0.466
Cl4 1.676 -0.967 -0.466
Cl5 -1.676 -0.967 -0.466
H6 0.000 -1.027 2.493
H7 0.889 0.513 2.493
H8 -0.889 0.513 2.493

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 C2 Cl3 Cl4 Cl5 H6 H7 H8
Si11.85852.06592.06592.06592.45982.45982.4598
C21.85853.22693.22693.22691.09371.09371.0937
Cl32.06593.22693.35133.35134.18673.40123.4012
Cl42.06593.22693.35133.35133.40123.40124.1867
Cl52.06593.22693.35133.35133.40124.18673.4012
H62.45981.09374.18673.40123.40121.77851.7785
H72.45981.09373.40123.40124.18671.77851.7785
H82.45981.09373.40124.18673.40121.77851.7785

picture of methyltrichlorosilane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Si1 C2 H6 110.148 Si1 C2 H7 110.148
Si1 C2 H8 110.148 C2 Si1 Cl3 110.513
C2 Si1 Cl4 110.513 C2 Si1 Cl5 110.513
Cl3 Si1 Cl4 108.409 Cl3 Si1 Cl5 108.409
Cl4 Si1 Cl5 108.409 H6 C2 H7 108.786
H6 C2 H8 108.786 H7 C2 H8 108.786
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Si 0.625      
2 C -0.515      
3 Cl -0.195      
4 Cl -0.195      
5 Cl -0.195      
6 H 0.158      
7 H 0.158      
8 H 0.158      


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 2.440 2.440
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -59.646 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -59.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.154
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.746 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.746 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.492
Polar
3z2-r210.984
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 9.089 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.088 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.970


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 287.733
(<r2>)1/2 16.963