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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.474233
Energy at 298.15K-499.477180
HF Energy-499.121743
Nuclear repulsion energy50.700137
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/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 3070 2981        
2 A1 1358 1319        
3 A1 722 702        
4 E 3181 3089        
4 E 3180 3089        
5 E 1463 1421        
5 E 1463 1421        
6 E 1018 989        
6 E 1018 989        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8236.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9712) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7998.9 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.11480 0.43298 0.43298

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.143
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
C11.80781.09851.09851.0985
Cl21.80782.38952.38952.3895
H31.09852.38951.80841.8084
H41.09852.38951.80841.8084
H51.09852.38951.80841.8084

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 108.115 Cl2 C1 H4 108.115
Cl2 C1 H5 108.115 H3 C1 H4 110.793
H3 C1 H5 110.793 H4 C1 H5 110.793
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability