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

using model chemistry: CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.557549
Energy at 298.15K-499.560529
HF Energy-499.148853
Nuclear repulsion energy51.355949
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-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3102 2969 22.42      
2 A1 1413 1352 12.08      
3 A1 762 730 23.99      
4 E 3204 3066 3.75      
4 E 3204 3066 3.75      
5 E 1515 1450 5.48      
5 E 1515 1450 5.48      
6 E 1054 1009 1.66      
6 E 1054 1009 1.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8411.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.957) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8049.7 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-pVTZ
ABC
5.26287 0.44414 0.44414

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.127
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.657
H3 0.000 1.029 -1.469
H4 0.891 -0.515 -1.469
H5 -0.891 -0.515 -1.469

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78391.08471.08471.0847
Cl21.78392.36212.36212.3621
H31.08472.36211.78281.7828
H41.08472.36211.78281.7828
H51.08472.36211.78281.7828

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 108.388 Cl2 C1 H4 108.388
Cl2 C1 H5 108.388 H3 C1 H4 110.532
H3 C1 H5 110.532 H4 C1 H5 110.532
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability