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All results from a given calculation for CH3Li (methyl lithium)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-46.699813
Energy at 298.15K-46.702303
HF Energy-46.699813
Nuclear repulsion energy16.027694
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 3220 2942 16.92      
2 A1 1280 1169 85.85      
3 A1 627 573 0.72      
4 E 3368 3077 7.59      
4 E 3368 3077 7.59      
5 E 1644 1502 15.63      
5 E 1644 1502 15.64      
6 E 595 544 329.02      
6 E 595 544 329.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8170.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9136) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7464.3 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
5.32935 0.72501 0.72501

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)
Li1 0.000 0.000 -1.622
C2 0.000 0.000 0.402
H3 0.000 1.023 0.818
H4 -0.886 -0.511 0.818
H5 0.886 -0.511 0.818

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Li1 C2 H3 H4 H5
Li12.02432.64602.64602.6460
C22.02431.10421.10421.1042
H32.64601.10421.77161.7716
H42.64601.10421.77161.7716
H52.64601.10421.77161.7716

picture of methyl lithium state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Li1 C2 H3 112.134 Li1 C2 H4 112.134
Li1 C2 H5 112.134 H3 C2 H4 106.682
H3 C2 H5 106.682 H4 C2 H5 106.682
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 Li 0.101      
2 C -0.281      
3 H 0.060      
4 H 0.060      
5 H 0.060      


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 -3.367 3.367
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.458 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.458 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.140
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.159 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.159 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.317
Polar
3z2-r220.635
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 4.095 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.095 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.656


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.019
(<r2>)1/2 4.361