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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: G4

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.076655
Energy at 298.15K-575.071825
HF Energy-575.270282
Nuclear repulsion energy105.473370
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(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3114 3005 9.67      
2 A' 3017 2911 30.93      
3 A' 1509 1456 11.10      
4 A' 1455 1404 4.46      
5 A' 1198 1156 12.87      
6 A' 1017 981 36.22      
7 A' 678 654 3.21      
8 A' 369 356 3.31      
9 A" 3093 2985 31.20      
10 A" 1460 1409 6.53      
11 A" 1174 1133 1.10      
12 A" 249 241 2.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9166.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8845.3 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(2df,p)
ABC
1.42130 0.20562 0.18606

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.803 0.000
Cl2 -0.810 -0.703 0.000
C3 1.411 0.618 0.000
H4 1.809 1.638 0.000
H5 1.751 0.088 0.897
H6 1.751 0.088 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.71061.42321.99232.09362.0936
Cl21.71062.58463.51312.82732.8273
C31.42322.58461.09481.09571.0957
H41.99233.51311.09481.79131.7913
H52.09362.82731.09571.79131.7934
H62.09362.82731.09571.79131.7934

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 104.067 O1 C3 H5 111.889
O1 C3 H6 111.889 Cl2 O1 C3 111.522
H4 C3 H5 109.590 H4 C3 H6 109.590
H5 C3 H6 109.661
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.238      
2 Cl 0.028      
3 C -0.206      
4 H 0.148      
5 H 0.134      
6 H 0.134      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.796 -0.012 0.000 1.797
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 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 67.516
(<r2>)1/2 8.217