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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.453728
Energy at 298.15K-499.456691
HF Energy-499.121841
Nuclear repulsion energy50.844405
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/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 3088 2979 24.59      
2 A1 1378 1329 14.49      
3 A1 747 720 25.28      
4 E 3198 3084 5.51      
4 E 3198 3084 5.51      
5 E 1474 1422 4.46      
5 E 1474 1422 4.46      
6 E 1033 996 1.65      
6 E 1033 996 1.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8311.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9645) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8016.2 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.13034 0.43581 0.43581

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.138
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.663
H3 0.000 1.042 -1.482
H4 0.903 -0.521 -1.482
H5 -0.903 -0.521 -1.482

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80091.09781.09781.0978
Cl21.80092.38482.38482.3848
H31.09782.38481.80561.8056
H41.09782.38481.80561.8056
H51.09782.38481.80561.8056

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 108.264 Cl2 C1 H4 108.264
Cl2 C1 H5 108.264 H3 C1 H4 110.651
H3 C1 H5 110.651 H4 C1 H5 110.651
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability