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

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2583.878667
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2583.812665
Nuclear repulsion energy89.177307
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 MP2/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 A1 3363 2932 1.08 35.79 0.01 0.03
2 A1 1567 1366 18.17 2.73 0.73 0.84
3 A1 776 676 4.89 13.76 0.34 0.51
4 E 3547 3093 0.86 26.62 0.75 0.86
4 E 3547 3093 0.86 26.62 0.75 0.86
5 E 1711 1492 2.82 16.68 0.75 0.86
5 E 1711 1492 2.82 16.68 0.75 0.86
6 E 1088 949 0.17 4.66 0.75 0.86
6 E 1088 949 0.17 4.66 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9198.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8020.5 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
5.18228 0.32057 0.32057

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.506
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.420
H3 0.000 1.037 -1.886
H4 0.898 -0.519 -1.886
H5 -0.898 -0.519 -1.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4 H5
C11.92601.10481.10481.1048
Br21.92602.52882.52882.5288
H31.10482.52881.79661.7966
H41.10482.52881.79661.7966
H51.10482.52881.79661.7966

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 110.137 Br2 C1 H4 110.137
Br2 C1 H5 110.137 H3 C1 H4 108.797
H3 C1 H5 108.797 H4 C1 H5 108.797
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability