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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.181719
Energy at 298.15K-575.185454
HF Energy-575.181719
Nuclear repulsion energy106.891080
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 M06-2X/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' 3160 3010 7.76      
2 A' 3053 2908 27.85      
3 A' 1515 1443 9.99      
4 A' 1465 1395 4.23      
5 A' 1217 1159 14.82      
6 A' 1090 1038 46.62      
7 A' 751 715 4.37      
8 A' 386 368 2.78      
9 A" 3138 2989 25.94      
10 A" 1472 1402 7.41      
11 A" 1187 1130 1.39      
12 A" 246 235 2.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9340.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9524) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8895.4 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 M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.43416 0.21246 0.19186

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.792 0.000
Cl2 -0.805 -0.680 0.000
C3 1.401 0.588 0.000
H4 1.826 1.595 0.000
H5 1.724 0.048 0.895
H6 1.724 0.048 -0.895

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.67761.41621.99472.08032.0803
Cl21.67762.54493.47802.77992.7799
C31.41622.54491.09241.09451.0945
H41.99473.47801.09241.79031.7903
H52.08032.77991.09451.79031.7909
H62.08032.77991.09451.79031.7909

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 104.596 O1 C3 H5 111.268
O1 C3 H6 111.268 Cl2 O1 C3 110.408
H4 C3 H5 109.897 H4 C3 H6 109.897
H5 C3 H6 109.801
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.299      
2 Cl 0.058      
3 C -0.208      
4 H 0.160      
5 H 0.145      
6 H 0.145      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.768 -0.104 0.000 1.771
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.232 1.950 0.000
y 1.950 -24.089 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.035
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.330 1.950 0.000
y 1.950 -0.456 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.874
Polar
3z2-r2-3.749
x2-y21.857
xy1.950
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.744 1.132 0.000
y 1.132 4.397 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.348


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.040
(<r2>)1/2 8.126