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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.165198
Energy at 298.15K-575.168937
HF Energy-575.165198
Nuclear repulsion energy106.231837
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 M06-2X/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 A' 3183 3014 8.63      
2 A' 3079 2915 28.45      
3 A' 1542 1461 10.05      
4 A' 1487 1408 5.03      
5 A' 1225 1160 14.59      
6 A' 1091 1034 45.01      
7 A' 738 698 3.99      
8 A' 387 366 3.23      
9 A" 3160 2993 30.57      
10 A" 1500 1420 7.29      
11 A" 1194 1131 1.32      
12 A" 259 245 3.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9421.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8922.4 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 M06-2X/6-31G*
ABC
1.41758 0.20981 0.18942

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.801 0.000
Cl2 -0.806 -0.690 0.000
C3 1.405 0.599 0.000
H4 1.821 1.609 0.000
H5 1.729 0.061 0.897
H6 1.729 0.061 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.69541.41951.99212.08392.0839
Cl21.69542.55943.49132.79232.7923
C31.41952.55941.09281.09501.0950
H41.99213.49131.09281.79181.7918
H52.08392.79231.09501.79181.7939
H62.08392.79231.09501.79181.7939

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 104.164 O1 C3 H5 111.296
O1 C3 H6 111.296 Cl2 O1 C3 110.189
H4 C3 H5 109.971 H4 C3 H6 109.971
H5 C3 H6 110.005
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.490      
2 Cl 0.174      
3 C -0.228      
4 H 0.194      
5 H 0.175      
6 H 0.175      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.877 -0.257 0.000 1.895
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.156 2.112 0.000
y 2.112 -24.232 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.177
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.548 2.112 0.000
y 2.112 -0.565 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.983
Polar
3z2-r2-3.966
x2-y22.075
xy2.112
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.225 1.216 0.000
y 1.216 4.070 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.805


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.678
(<r2>)1/2 8.166