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All results from a given calculation for CH3Cl (Methyl chloride)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.908658
Energy at 298.15K-499.911627
HF Energy-499.908658
Nuclear repulsion energy51.298970
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3112 2960 22.97 112.08 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1420 1351 14.12 5.62 0.49 0.66
3 A1 759 721 27.52 13.20 0.31 0.48
4 E 3219 3061 5.59 61.52 0.75 0.86
4 E 3219 3061 5.59 61.52 0.75 0.86
5 E 1510 1436 7.35 17.28 0.75 0.86
5 E 1510 1436 7.35 17.28 0.75 0.86
6 E 1055 1003 5.08 7.62 0.75 0.86
6 E 1055 1003 5.08 7.62 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8428.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.951) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8015.4 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
5.23447 0.44378 0.44378

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.657
H3 0.000 1.032 -1.476
H4 0.894 -0.516 -1.476
H5 -0.894 -0.516 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78221.09021.09021.0902
Cl21.78222.37002.37002.3700
H31.09022.37001.78761.7876
H41.09022.37001.78761.7876
H51.09022.37001.78761.7876

picture of Methyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 108.795 Cl2 C1 H4 108.795
Cl2 C1 H5 108.795 H3 C1 H4 110.139
H3 C1 H5 110.139 H4 C1 H5 110.139
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.600      
2 Cl -0.074      
3 H 0.224      
4 H 0.224      
5 H 0.224      


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 -2.060 2.060
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.717 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.717 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.949
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.884 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.884 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.769
Polar
3z2-r23.538
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 2.408 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.408 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.063


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.616
(<r2>)1/2 6.051