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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.629743
Energy at 298.15K-499.632712
HF Energy-499.148881
Nuclear repulsion energy51.361045
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-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 3098 2986        
2 A1 1395 1344        
3 A1 749 722        
4 E 3176 3061        
4 E 3176 3061        
5 E 1510 1456        
5 E 1510 1455        
6 E 1040 1002        
6 E 1039 1002        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8346.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8043.7 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.26816 0.44413 0.44413

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/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 -1.468
H4 0.891 -0.514 -1.468
H5 -0.891 -0.514 -1.468

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78421.08381.08381.0838
Cl21.78422.36112.36112.3611
H31.08382.36111.78191.7819
H41.08382.36111.78191.7819
H51.08382.36111.78191.7819

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 108.338 Cl2 C1 H4 108.338
Cl2 C1 H5 108.338 H3 C1 H4 110.580
H3 C1 H5 110.580 H4 C1 H5 110.580
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability