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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-572.339095
Energy at 298.15K-572.342730
HF Energy-572.339095
Nuclear repulsion energy102.070611
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/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' 3135 3005 8.79      
2 A' 3053 2927 7.58      
3 A' 1580 1515 13.25      
4 A' 1489 1428 3.80      
5 A' 1183 1134 9.81      
6 A' 1007 965 17.16      
7 A' 704 675 7.08      
8 A' 354 340 4.40      
9 A" 3147 3017 20.14      
10 A" 1525 1462 12.45      
11 A" 1175 1126 0.11      
12 A" 221 212 3.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9286.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8902.5 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/3-21G
ABC
1.29148 0.19404 0.17435

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.861 0.000
Cl2 -0.829 -0.736 0.000
C3 1.449 0.631 0.000
H4 1.857 1.645 0.000
H5 1.771 0.096 0.897
H6 1.771 0.096 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.79941.46722.01602.12752.1275
Cl21.79942.65693.58982.87372.8737
C31.46722.65691.09331.09271.0927
H42.01603.58981.09331.79211.7921
H52.12752.87371.09271.79211.7932
H62.12752.87371.09271.79211.7932

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 102.899 O1 C3 H5 111.588
O1 C3 H6 111.588 Cl2 O1 C3 108.424
H4 C3 H5 110.136 H4 C3 H6 110.136
H5 C3 H6 110.279
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.432      
2 Cl 0.101      
3 C -0.343      
4 H 0.241      
5 H 0.217      
6 H 0.217      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.412 -0.123 0.000 2.415
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.075 2.116 0.000
y 2.116 -24.650 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.281
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.890 2.116 0.000
y 2.116 -0.972 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.918
Polar
3z2-r2-3.836
x2-y22.574
xy2.116
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.971 1.606 0.000
y 1.606 4.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.063


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 70.863
(<r2>)1/2 8.418