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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-54.848871
Energy at 298.15K-54.851781
HF Energy-54.848871
Nuclear repulsion energy26.043054
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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
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 3103 2983 21.26 140.78 0.01 0.03
2 A1 1395 1341 5.84 0.60 0.75 0.86
3 A1 655 630 25.26 26.71 0.34 0.51
4 E 3236 3110 18.86 51.68 0.75 0.86
4 E 3236 3110 18.86 51.68 0.75 0.86
5 E 1496 1438 12.48 16.70 0.75 0.86
5 E 1496 1438 12.48 16.70 0.75 0.86
6 E 1018 978 6.88 12.50 0.75 0.86
6 E 1018 978 6.88 12.50 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8326.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8003.3 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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
ABC
5.15640 0.40656 0.40656

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.189
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.687
H3 0.000 1.040 -1.514
H4 0.901 -0.520 -1.514
H5 -0.901 -0.520 -1.514

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.87511.08951.08951.0895
Cl21.87512.43372.43372.4337
H31.08952.43371.80111.8011
H41.08952.43371.80111.8011
H51.08952.43371.80111.8011

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 107.367 Cl2 C1 H4 107.367
Cl2 C1 H5 107.367 H3 C1 H4 111.491
H3 C1 H5 111.491 H4 C1 H5 111.491
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.668      
2 Cl -0.108      
3 H 0.259      
4 H 0.259      
5 H 0.259      


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 -2.502 2.502
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.916 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.916 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.074
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.921 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.921 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.842
Polar
3z2-r23.684
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 1.703 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.703 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.142


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 33.324
(<r2>)1/2 5.773