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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.453648
Energy at 298.15K-499.456636
HF Energy-499.130455
Nuclear repulsion energy51.320904
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 CCD/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 A1 3106 2967 27.04      
2 A1 1446 1381 19.86      
3 A1 779 744 23.08      
4 E 3206 3062 9.86      
4 E 3206 3062 9.86      
5 E 1499 1432 3.71      
5 E 1499 1432 3.71      
6 E 1064 1016 4.52      
6 E 1064 1016 4.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8434.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8055.4 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
5.24646 0.44407 0.44407

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.124
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.657
H3 0.000 1.031 -1.477
H4 0.893 -0.515 -1.477
H5 -0.893 -0.515 -1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78131.08951.08951.0895
Cl21.78132.36992.36992.3699
H31.08952.36991.78561.7856
H41.08952.36991.78561.7856
H51.08952.36991.78561.7856

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 108.881 Cl2 C1 H4 108.881
Cl2 C1 H5 108.881 H3 C1 H4 110.055
H3 C1 H5 110.055 H4 C1 H5 110.055
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability