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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.229402
Energy at 298.15K-575.233129
HF Energy-575.229402
Nuclear repulsion energy105.969685
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 M06-2X/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' 3151 3151 6.37      
2 A' 3047 3047 26.26      
3 A' 1519 1519 13.26      
4 A' 1471 1471 2.00      
5 A' 1216 1216 17.87      
6 A' 1073 1073 43.46      
7 A' 711 711 3.79      
8 A' 382 382 3.10      
9 A" 3128 3128 26.81      
10 A" 1475 1475 9.53      
11 A" 1187 1187 0.76      
12 A" 254 254 3.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9305.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9305.3 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 M06-2X/6-311G**
ABC
1.42160 0.20821 0.18816

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.803 0.000
Cl2 -0.807 -0.697 0.000
C3 1.406 0.609 0.000
H4 1.815 1.620 0.000
H5 1.731 0.074 0.896
H6 1.731 0.074 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.70311.41921.98992.08122.0812
Cl21.70312.56903.49822.79962.7996
C31.41922.56901.09041.09281.0928
H41.98993.49821.09041.78841.7884
H52.08122.79961.09281.78841.7915
H62.08122.79961.09281.78841.7915

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 104.149 O1 C3 H5 111.227
O1 C3 H6 111.227 Cl2 O1 C3 110.402
H4 C3 H5 109.999 H4 C3 H6 109.999
H5 C3 H6 110.095
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.409      
2 Cl 0.126      
3 C -0.164      
4 H 0.155      
5 H 0.146      
6 H 0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.980 -0.290 0.000 2.001
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.619 2.234 0.000
y 2.234 -24.623 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.629
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.507 2.234 0.000
y 2.234 -0.499 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.009
Polar
3z2-r2-4.017
x2-y22.004
xy2.234
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.505 1.342 0.000
y 1.342 4.203 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.735


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 67.256
(<r2>)1/2 8.201