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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.165806
Energy at 298.15K-500.168752
HF Energy-500.165806
Nuclear repulsion energy50.999638
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-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 3073 2973 23.19 154.70 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1375 1331 11.72 0.00 0.05 0.10
3 A1 708 685 27.10 16.75 0.16 0.28
4 E 3168 3065 3.93 53.23 0.75 0.86
4 E 3168 3065 3.92 53.19 0.75 0.86
5 E 1483 1435 6.08 3.87 0.75 0.86
5 E 1483 1435 6.08 3.87 0.75 0.86
6 E 1026 993 2.06 0.56 0.75 0.86
6 E 1026 993 2.06 0.56 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8254.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7986.1 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-pVTZ
ABC
5.25208 0.43661 0.43661

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.139
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.663
H3 0.000 1.030 -1.477
H4 0.892 -0.515 -1.477
H5 -0.892 -0.515 -1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80141.08441.08441.0844
Cl21.80142.37492.37492.3749
H31.08442.37491.78461.7846
H41.08442.37491.78461.7846
H51.08442.37491.78461.7846

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 108.176 Cl2 C1 H4 108.176
Cl2 C1 H5 108.176 H3 C1 H4 110.735
H3 C1 H5 110.735 H4 C1 H5 110.735
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.511      
2 Cl -0.184      
3 H 0.232      
4 H 0.232      
5 H 0.232      


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 -1.986 1.986
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.073 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.073 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.340
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.866 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.866 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.733
Polar
3z2-r23.465
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 3.929 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.475


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.153
(<r2>)1/2 6.095