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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.994069
Energy at 298.15K-499.997031
HF Energy-499.853951
Nuclear repulsion energy51.246540
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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3100 2974 23.64 152.77 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1393 1336 12.13 0.01 0.06 0.11
3 A1 733 703 26.16 17.01 0.16 0.27
4 E 3194 3064 3.55 51.03 0.75 0.86
4 E 3194 3064 3.55 51.03 0.75 0.86
5 E 1503 1442 5.89 3.82 0.75 0.86
5 E 1503 1442 5.89 3.82 0.75 0.86
6 E 1039 997 1.98 0.53 0.75 0.86
6 E 1039 997 1.98 0.53 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8348.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8009.4 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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.27649 0.44146 0.44146

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.131
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.659
H3 0.000 1.028 -1.471
H4 0.890 -0.514 -1.471
H5 -0.890 -0.514 -1.471

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79051.08261.08261.0826
Cl21.79052.36522.36522.3652
H31.08262.36521.78051.7805
H41.08262.36521.78051.7805
H51.08262.36521.78051.7805

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 108.289 Cl2 C1 H4 108.289
Cl2 C1 H5 108.289 H3 C1 H4 110.627
H3 C1 H5 110.627 H4 C1 H5 110.627
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability