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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.198115
Energy at 298.15K-575.201807
HF Energy-575.198115
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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' 3175 3011 10.59      
2 A' 3057 2900 34.14      
3 A' 1545 1466 11.37      
4 A' 1486 1409 4.18      
5 A' 1217 1155 13.63      
6 A' 1067 1013 41.71      
7 A' 706 670 3.78      
8 A' 379 359 3.47      
9 A" 3136 2975 37.59      
10 A" 1498 1421 7.98      
11 A" 1192 1131 1.06      
12 A" 243 230 3.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9350.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8869.1 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
1.41861 0.20753 0.18759

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.793 0.000
Cl2 -0.808 -0.691 0.000
C3 1.407 0.605 0.000
H4 1.806 1.622 0.000
H5 1.746 0.075 0.898
H6 1.746 0.075 -0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.68951.41911.98752.09082.0908
Cl21.68952.56603.49062.81372.8137
C31.41912.56601.09271.09651.0965
H41.98753.49061.09271.78981.7898
H52.09082.81371.09651.78981.7952
H62.09082.81371.09651.78981.7952

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 103.845 O1 C3 H5 111.787
O1 C3 H6 111.787 Cl2 O1 C3 110.965
H4 C3 H5 109.681 H4 C3 H6 109.681
H5 C3 H6 109.888
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.467      
2 Cl 0.160      
3 C -0.250      
4 H 0.199      
5 H 0.179      
6 H 0.179      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.906 -0.211 0.000 1.917
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.008 2.144 0.000
y 2.144 -24.020 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.039
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.521 2.144 0.000
y 2.144 -0.497 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.025
Polar
3z2-r2-4.050
x2-y22.012
xy2.144
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.227 1.234 0.000
y 1.234 4.105 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.788


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 67.064
(<r2>)1/2 8.189