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

using model chemistry: BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.086306
Energy at 298.15K-500.089203
HF Energy-500.086306
Nuclear repulsion energy50.199571
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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 2995 2989 23.31 159.40 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1296 1294 12.41 0.07 0.32 0.49
3 A1 666 665 26.38 16.68 0.17 0.29
4 E 3101 3095 5.06 57.50 0.75 0.86
4 E 3101 3095 5.06 57.50 0.75 0.86
5 E 1403 1400 5.05 4.15 0.75 0.86
5 E 1403 1400 5.05 4.15 0.75 0.86
6 E 975 973 2.34 0.70 0.75 0.86
6 E 975 973 2.34 0.70 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7956.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7941.8 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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.08195 0.42291 0.42291

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.159
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.673
H3 0.000 1.047 -1.496
H4 0.907 -0.524 -1.496
H5 -0.907 -0.524 -1.496

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.83201.10031.10031.1003
Cl21.83202.40862.40862.4086
H31.10032.40861.81421.8142
H41.10032.40861.81421.8142
H51.10032.40861.81421.8142

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 107.834 Cl2 C1 H4 107.834
Cl2 C1 H5 107.834 H3 C1 H4 111.057
H3 C1 H5 111.057 H4 C1 H5 111.058
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.732      
2 Cl -0.098      
3 H -0.211      
4 H -0.211      
5 H -0.211      


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 -2.009 2.009
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.313 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.313 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.497
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.908 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.816
Polar
3z2-r23.631
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 3.947 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.947 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.658


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.074
(<r2>)1/2 6.170