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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.381459
Energy at 298.15K-499.384444
HF Energy-499.092795
Nuclear repulsion energy51.250139
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 CCD/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 3123 2955 22.45      
2 A1 1457 1380 14.59      
3 A1 777 736 22.40      
4 E 3225 3053 7.54      
4 E 3225 3053 7.54      
5 E 1533 1451 5.71      
5 E 1533 1451 5.71      
6 E 1077 1019 3.66      
6 E 1077 1019 3.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8514.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8058.5 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
5.23042 0.44284 0.44284

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.127
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.659
H3 0.000 1.033 -1.478
H4 0.895 -0.517 -1.478
H5 -0.895 -0.517 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78581.09111.09111.0911
Cl21.78582.37322.37322.3732
H31.09112.37321.78961.7896
H41.09112.37321.78961.7896
H51.09112.37321.78961.7896

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 108.746 Cl2 C1 H4 108.746
Cl2 C1 H5 108.746 H3 C1 H4 110.187
H3 C1 H5 110.187 H4 C1 H5 110.187
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability