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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.436522
Energy at 298.15K-499.439503
HF Energy-499.118337
Nuclear repulsion energy51.064367
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/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 3101 3101 24.44      
2 A1 1398 1398 16.59      
3 A1 770 770 22.38      
4 E 3213 3213 7.72      
4 E 3213 3213 7.72      
5 E 1489 1489 4.45      
5 E 1489 1489 4.45      
6 E 1039 1039 2.45      
6 E 1039 1039 2.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8374.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8374.8 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/cc-pCVDZ
ABC
5.15042 0.44046 0.44046

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.660
H3 0.000 1.040 -1.483
H4 0.901 -0.520 -1.483
H5 -0.901 -0.520 -1.483

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78811.09911.09911.0991
Cl21.78812.38172.38172.3817
H31.09912.38171.80211.8021
H41.09912.38171.80211.8021
H51.09912.38171.80211.8021

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 108.804 Cl2 C1 H4 108.804
Cl2 C1 H5 108.804 H3 C1 H4 110.130
H3 C1 H5 110.130 H4 C1 H5 110.130
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability