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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.988556
Energy at 298.15K-499.991519
HF Energy-499.822303
Nuclear repulsion energy50.989573
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 B2PLYP=FULL/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 3097 3097 23.50      
2 A1 1373 1373 16.49      
3 A1 738 738 27.08      
4 E 3212 3212 5.43      
4 E 3212 3212 5.43      
5 E 1474 1474 5.67      
5 E 1474 1474 5.67      
6 E 1025 1025 3.21      
6 E 1025 1025 3.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8314.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8314.7 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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pCVDZ
ABC
5.16927 0.43828 0.43828

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pCVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.133
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.661
H3 0.000 1.039 -1.481
H4 0.899 -0.519 -1.481
H5 -0.899 -0.519 -1.481

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79481.09521.09521.0952
Cl21.79482.38082.38082.3808
H31.09522.38081.79881.7988
H41.09522.38081.79881.7988
H51.09522.38081.79881.7988

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 108.505 Cl2 C1 H4 108.505
Cl2 C1 H5 108.505 H3 C1 H4 110.420
H3 C1 H5 110.420 H4 C1 H5 110.420
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability