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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-494.356323
Energy at 298.15K-494.359241
HF Energy-494.356323
Nuclear repulsion energy49.982512
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 PBEPBE/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 3244 2963 0.01 39.89 0.02 0.03
2 A1 1456 1331 5.09 2.77 0.75 0.85
3 A1 818 748 15.04 10.91 0.33 0.50
4 E 3432 3136 0.03 24.85 0.75 0.86
4 E 3432 3136 0.03 24.85 0.75 0.86
5 E 1591 1453 7.14 14.83 0.75 0.86
5 E 1591 1453 7.14 14.83 0.75 0.86
6 E 1054 963 0.70 5.20 0.75 0.86
6 E 1054 963 0.70 5.20 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8835.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9136) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8072.3 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 PBEPBE/STO-3G
ABC
5.05033 0.41949 0.41949

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.160
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.676
H3 0.000 1.051 -1.512
H4 0.910 -0.525 -1.512
H5 -0.910 -0.525 -1.512

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.83631.10801.10801.1080
Cl21.83632.42712.42712.4271
H31.10802.42711.81991.8199
H41.10802.42711.81991.8199
H51.10802.42711.81991.8199

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 108.501 Cl2 C1 H4 108.501
Cl2 C1 H5 108.501 H3 C1 H4 110.424
H3 C1 H5 110.424 H4 C1 H5 110.424
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.201      
2 Cl -0.146      
3 H 0.116      
4 H 0.116      
5 H 0.116      


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 -2.125 2.125
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.268 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.268 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.123
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.573 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.573 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.145
Polar
3z2-r22.290
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 0.861 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.861 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.332


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.188
(<r2>)1/2 6.098