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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pCVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.082529
Energy at 298.15K-500.085437
HF Energy-500.082529
Nuclear repulsion energy50.279895
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 BLYP/cc-pCVDZ
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 2987 2987 22.66      
2 A1 1307 1307 17.73      
3 A1 674 674 26.24      
4 E 3093 3093 7.23      
4 E 3093 3093 7.23      
5 E 1410 1410 5.00      
5 E 1410 1410 5.00      
6 E 975 975 3.25      
6 E 975 975 3.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7962.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7962.7 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 BLYP/cc-pCVDZ
ABC
5.07176 0.42507 0.42507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pCVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.153
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.672
H3 0.000 1.048 -1.499
H4 0.908 -0.524 -1.499
H5 -0.908 -0.524 -1.499

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.82481.10391.10391.1039
Cl21.82482.41022.41022.4102
H31.10392.41021.81601.8160
H41.10392.41021.81601.8160
H51.10392.41021.81601.8160

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 108.231 Cl2 C1 H4 108.231
Cl2 C1 H5 108.231 H3 C1 H4 110.682
H3 C1 H5 110.682 H4 C1 H5 110.682
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pCVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.025      
2 Cl -0.157      
3 H 0.061      
4 H 0.061      
5 H 0.061      


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 -1.887 1.887
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.755 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.755 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.972
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.892 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.784
Polar
3z2-r23.567
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 2.504 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.504 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.468


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.649
(<r2>)1/2 6.136