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

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-567.517698
Energy at 298.15K-567.521454
HF Energy-567.517698
Nuclear repulsion energy104.211762
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 HF/STO-3G
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' 3725 3042 3.14      
2 A' 3538 2888 0.44      
3 A' 1790 1462 7.65      
4 A' 1714 1399 19.60      
5 A' 1370 1119 5.39      
6 A' 1280 1045 4.06      
7 A' 902 736 25.21      
8 A' 426 348 3.65      
9 A" 3723 3040 0.16      
10 A" 1765 1441 4.89      
11 A" 1294 1057 3.44      
12 A" 261 213 0.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10893.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8894.8 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 HF/STO-3G
ABC
1.30750 0.20466 0.18315

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.843 0.000
Cl2 -0.820 -0.699 0.000
C3 1.428 0.583 0.000
H4 1.894 1.572 0.000
H5 1.737 0.034 0.894
H6 1.737 0.034 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.74671.45162.02872.11402.1140
Cl21.74672.58743.53802.80562.8056
C31.45162.58741.09311.09291.0929
H42.02873.53801.09311.78511.7851
H52.11402.80561.09291.78511.7873
H62.11402.80561.09291.78511.7873

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 104.854 O1 C3 H5 111.586
O1 C3 H6 111.586 Cl2 O1 C3 107.637
H4 C3 H5 109.492 H4 C3 H6 109.492
H5 C3 H6 109.705
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.113      
2 Cl -0.087      
3 C -0.068      
4 H 0.093      
5 H 0.087      
6 H 0.087      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.324 0.603 0.000 2.401
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.514 0.832 0.000
y 0.832 -23.266 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.056
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.647 0.832 0.000
y 0.832 -0.981 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.666
Polar
3z2-r2-1.332
x2-y21.752
xy0.832
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.436 1.269 0.000
y 1.269 2.420 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.903


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 67.502
(<r2>)1/2 8.216