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All results from a given calculation for CH3Br (methyl bromide)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2601.497475
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2601.497475
Nuclear repulsion energy86.857833
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/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 A1 3112 3003 12.94 107.82 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1383 1334 18.37 0.71 0.61 0.76
3 A1 588 568 12.77 20.03 0.36 0.53
4 E 3218 3105 4.76 58.00 0.75 0.86
4 E 3218 3105 4.76 58.00 0.75 0.86
5 E 1535 1481 10.80 21.34 0.75 0.86
5 E 1535 1481 10.80 21.34 0.75 0.86
6 E 973 939 9.45 11.71 0.75 0.86
6 E 973 939 9.45 11.71 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8267.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7977.0 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/3-21G
ABC
5.18627 0.30114 0.30114

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.572
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.432
H3 0.000 1.037 -1.900
H4 0.898 -0.518 -1.900
H5 -0.898 -0.518 -1.900

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4 H5
C12.00441.08741.08741.0874
Br22.00442.55212.55212.5521
H31.08742.55211.79591.7959
H41.08742.55211.79591.7959
H51.08742.55211.79591.7959

picture of methyl bromide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 107.532 Br2 C1 H4 107.532
Br2 C1 H5 107.532 H3 C1 H4 111.339
H3 C1 H5 111.339 H4 C1 H5 111.339
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.768      
2 Br 0.023      
3 H 0.248      
4 H 0.248      
5 H 0.248      


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 -1.843 1.843
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.465 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -25.465 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.023
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.721 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.721 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.442
Polar
3z2-r26.884
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 1.991 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.991 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.045


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 50.609
(<r2>)1/2 7.114