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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=FULL/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 CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.403538
Energy at 298.15K-499.406513
HF Energy-499.092709
Nuclear repulsion energy51.150092
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 CCSD(T)=FULL/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 3099 3008        
2 A1 1444 1401        
3 A1 758 735        
4 E 3200 3107        
4 E 3200 3106        
5 E 1525 1480        
5 E 1524 1480        
6 E 1067 1036        
6 E 1067 1036        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8441.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9707) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8194.4 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
5.21599 0.44099 0.44099

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.129
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.660
H3 0.000 1.034 -1.480
H4 0.895 -0.517 -1.480
H5 -0.895 -0.517 -1.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78801.09211.09211.0921
Cl21.78802.37662.37662.3766
H31.09212.37661.79081.7908
H41.09212.37661.79081.7908
H51.09212.37661.79081.7908

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 108.796 Cl2 C1 H4 108.796
Cl2 C1 H5 108.796 H3 C1 H4 110.138
H3 C1 H5 110.138 H4 C1 H5 110.138
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability