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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-573.581955
Energy at 298.15K-573.585632
HF Energy-573.581955
Nuclear repulsion energy105.638813
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 LSDA/6-311G**
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' 3040 3003 5.95      
2 A' 2925 2889 28.96      
3 A' 1441 1423 13.54      
4 A' 1380 1363 0.36      
5 A' 1162 1147 24.62      
6 A' 1026 1013 20.03      
7 A' 649 641 4.35      
8 A' 358 354 5.67      
9 A" 2996 2959 30.91      
10 A" 1368 1351 13.87      
11 A" 1134 1120 0.02      
12 A" 280 276 5.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8878.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9877) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8769.4 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 LSDA/6-311G**
ABC
1.40938 0.20755 0.18753

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.815 0.000
Cl2 -0.799 -0.712 0.000
C3 1.387 0.625 0.000
H4 1.786 1.653 0.000
H5 1.741 0.095 0.904
H6 1.741 0.095 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.72341.39961.97252.08892.0889
Cl21.72342.56223.50342.81412.8141
C31.39962.56221.10271.10551.1055
H41.97253.50341.10271.80111.8011
H52.08892.81411.10551.80111.8076
H62.08892.81411.10551.80111.8076

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 103.406 O1 C3 H5 112.467
O1 C3 H6 112.467 Cl2 O1 C3 109.825
H4 C3 H5 109.296 H4 C3 H6 109.296
H5 C3 H6 109.681
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.360      
2 Cl 0.115      
3 C -0.257      
4 H 0.176      
5 H 0.163      
6 H 0.163      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.919 -0.149 0.000 1.925
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.899 2.286 0.000
y 2.286 -24.508 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.843
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.276 2.286 0.000
y 2.286 -0.137 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.139
Polar
3z2-r2-4.277
x2-y21.609
xy2.286
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.884 1.453 0.000
y 1.453 4.436 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.916


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 67.549
(<r2>)1/2 8.219