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All results from a given calculation for CH3Cl (Methyl chloride)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/3-21G

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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-497.691214
Energy at 298.15K-497.694120
HF Energy-497.691214
Nuclear repulsion energy49.089664
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 3118 3009 9.57 99.72 0.01 0.03
2 A1 1391 1343 11.55 1.09 0.64 0.78
3 A1 635 613 30.28 20.86 0.35 0.52
4 E 3232 3118 2.88 50.88 0.75 0.86
4 E 3232 3118 2.88 50.88 0.75 0.86
5 E 1534 1480 10.66 18.58 0.75 0.86
5 E 1534 1480 10.66 18.58 0.75 0.86
6 E 1013 978 5.47 11.65 0.75 0.86
6 E 1013 978 5.47 11.65 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8351.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8057.9 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
5.13539 0.39793 0.39793

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 -1.207
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.694
H3 0.000 1.042 -1.515
H4 0.902 -0.521 -1.515
H5 -0.902 -0.521 -1.515

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.90101.08651.08651.0865
Cl21.90102.44242.44242.4424
H31.08652.44241.80481.8048
H41.08652.44241.80481.8048
H51.08652.44241.80481.8048

picture of Methyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 106.465 Cl2 C1 H4 106.465
Cl2 C1 H5 106.465 H3 C1 H4 112.303
H3 C1 H5 112.303 H4 C1 H5 112.303
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 -0.693      
2 Cl -0.069      
3 H 0.254      
4 H 0.254      
5 H 0.254      


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 -2.504 2.504
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.912 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.912 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.209
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.852 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.852 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.704
Polar
3z2-r23.407
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 1.913 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.913 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.328


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 39.154
(<r2>)1/2 6.257