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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.172509
Energy at 298.15K-575.176200
HF Energy-575.172509
Nuclear repulsion energy106.167026
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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3130 3009 8.63      
2 A' 3022 2906 31.39      
3 A' 1504 1446 11.07      
4 A' 1450 1394 3.18      
5 A' 1200 1153 14.08      
6 A' 1039 999 35.57      
7 A' 702 675 3.34      
8 A' 370 356 3.27      
9 A" 3105 2985 29.67      
10 A" 1455 1399 7.57      
11 A" 1173 1127 0.82      
12 A" 250 240 2.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9200.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8845.1 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.42717 0.20901 0.18894

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.798 0.000
Cl2 -0.807 -0.693 0.000
C3 1.404 0.605 0.000
H4 1.810 1.621 0.000
H5 1.742 0.073 0.897
H6 1.742 0.073 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.69571.41711.98852.08912.0891
Cl21.69572.56333.49352.80802.8080
C31.41712.56331.09481.09611.0961
H41.98853.49351.09481.79071.7907
H52.08912.80801.09611.79071.7938
H62.08912.80801.09611.79071.7938

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 103.935 O1 C3 H5 111.819
O1 C3 H6 111.819 Cl2 O1 C3 110.547
H4 C3 H5 109.640 H4 C3 H6 109.640
H5 C3 H6 109.822
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.259      
2 Cl 0.040      
3 C -0.258      
4 H 0.169      
5 H 0.154      
6 H 0.154      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.797 -0.016 0.000 1.797
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.143 1.956 0.000
y 1.956 -23.863 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.911
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.244 1.956 0.000
y 1.956 -0.336 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.908
Polar
3z2-r2-3.817
x2-y21.720
xy1.956
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.837 1.189 0.000
y 1.189 4.477 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.337


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.703
(<r2>)1/2 8.167