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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.135986
Energy at 298.15K-500.138921
HF Energy-500.135986
Nuclear repulsion energy50.725795
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3071 2980 23.30 152.66 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1340 1301 11.69 0.01 0.26 0.42
3 A1 709 688 28.26 17.07 0.17 0.30
4 E 3180 3086 4.16 54.35 0.75 0.86
4 E 3180 3086 4.16 54.35 0.75 0.86
5 E 1443 1400 5.87 4.05 0.75 0.86
5 E 1443 1400 5.87 4.05 0.75 0.86
6 E 1007 978 2.35 0.63 0.75 0.86
6 E 1007 978 2.35 0.63 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8190.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9704) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7947.9 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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.15559 0.43263 0.43263

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.144
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.665
H3 0.000 1.040 -1.483
H4 0.901 -0.520 -1.483
H5 -0.901 -0.520 -1.483

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80961.09361.09361.0936
Cl21.80962.38662.38662.3866
H31.09362.38661.80121.8012
H41.09362.38661.80121.8012
H51.09362.38661.80121.8012

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 108.031 Cl2 C1 H4 108.031
Cl2 C1 H5 108.031 H3 C1 H4 110.872
H3 C1 H5 110.872 H4 C1 H5 110.872
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.584      
2 Cl -0.115      
3 H -0.156      
4 H -0.156      
5 H -0.156      


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 -2.028 2.028
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.141 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.141 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.349
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.896 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.896 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.792
Polar
3z2-r23.584
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 3.803 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.803 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.432


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.429
(<r2>)1/2 6.118