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

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.473566
Energy at 298.15K-499.476515
HF Energy-499.121760
Nuclear repulsion energy50.721528
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 MP4=FULL/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 3073 2997        
2 A1 1359 1325        
3 A1 726 708        
4 E 3187 3108        
4 E 3187 3108        
5 E 1465 1428        
5 E 1464 1428        
6 E 1019 994        
6 E 1019 994        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8249.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9752) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8044.6 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 MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.11816 0.43340 0.43340

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.142
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.665
H3 0.000 1.044 -1.484
H4 0.904 -0.522 -1.484
H5 -0.904 -0.522 -1.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80671.09841.09841.0984
Cl21.80672.38902.38902.3890
H31.09842.38901.80781.8078
H41.09842.38901.80781.8078
H51.09842.38901.80781.8078

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 108.153 Cl2 C1 H4 108.153
Cl2 C1 H5 108.153 H3 C1 H4 110.756
H3 C1 H5 110.756 H4 C1 H5 110.756
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability