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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-572.332101
Energy at 298.15K-572.335739
HF Energy-572.332101
Nuclear repulsion energy101.213465
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 B3PW91/3-21G
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' 3132 3010 11.79      
2 A' 3044 2926 13.72      
3 A' 1568 1507 15.13      
4 A' 1470 1413 3.16      
5 A' 1164 1118 11.27      
6 A' 956 919 12.31      
7 A' 651 625 8.50      
8 A' 344 331 5.82      
9 A" 3131 3010 30.43      
10 A" 1512 1454 12.90      
11 A" 1151 1106 0.03      
12 A" 262 252 4.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9191.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8835.1 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 B3PW91/3-21G
ABC
1.27477 0.19051 0.17122

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.875 0.000
Cl2 -0.830 -0.753 0.000
C3 1.450 0.649 0.000
H4 1.843 1.672 0.000
H5 1.786 0.122 0.899
H6 1.786 0.122 -0.899

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.82731.46712.00832.13622.1362
Cl21.82732.67643.60962.90112.9011
C31.46712.67641.09651.09471.0947
H42.00833.60961.09651.79301.7930
H52.13622.90111.09471.79301.7973
H62.13622.90111.09471.79301.7973

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 102.175 O1 C3 H5 112.182
O1 C3 H6 112.182 Cl2 O1 C3 108.167
H4 C3 H5 109.825 H4 C3 H6 109.825
H5 C3 H6 110.355
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.389      
2 Cl 0.071      
3 C -0.400      
4 H 0.255      
5 H 0.231      
6 H 0.231      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.426 0.041 0.000 2.426
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.024 2.140 0.000
y 2.140 -24.316 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.197
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.732 2.140 0.000
y 2.140 -0.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.027
Polar
3z2-r2-4.054
x2-y22.292
xy2.140
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.124 1.678 0.000
y 1.678 4.130 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.094


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 71.723
(<r2>)1/2 8.469