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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.455465
Energy at 298.15K-499.458448
HF Energy-499.130460
Nuclear repulsion energy51.255996
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 CCSD/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3101 3101 27.55      
2 A1 1439 1439 20.82      
3 A1 768 768 24.49      
4 E 3199 3199 10.07      
4 E 3199 3199 10.07      
5 E 1496 1496 3.64      
5 E 1496 1496 3.64      
6 E 1061 1061 4.46      
6 E 1061 1061 4.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8409.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8409.7 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 CCSD/6-311G**
ABC
5.24021 0.44276 0.44276

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.658
H3 0.000 1.032 -1.478
H4 0.893 -0.516 -1.478
H5 -0.893 -0.516 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78441.08971.08971.0897
Cl21.78442.37192.37192.3719
H31.08972.37191.78661.7866
H41.08972.37191.78661.7866
H51.08972.37191.78661.7866

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 108.812 Cl2 C1 H4 108.812
Cl2 C1 H5 108.812 H3 C1 H4 110.122
H3 C1 H5 110.122 H4 C1 H5 110.122
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability