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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.102112
Energy at 298.15K-500.105074
HF Energy-500.102112
Nuclear repulsion energy51.078958
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 wB97X-D/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 3089 3089 21.62      
2 A1 1362 1362 13.23      
3 A1 747 747 28.00      
4 E 3210 3210 3.70      
4 E 3210 3210 3.69      
5 E 1464 1464 7.20      
5 E 1464 1464 7.16      
6 E 1017 1017 3.60      
6 E 1017 1017 3.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8290.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8290.1 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 wB97X-D/cc-pCVDZ
ABC
5.16613 0.44023 0.44023

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pCVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.131
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.660
H3 0.000 1.039 -1.478
H4 0.900 -0.519 -1.478
H5 -0.900 -0.519 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79051.09541.09541.0954
Cl21.79052.37682.37682.3768
H31.09542.37681.79941.7994
H41.09542.37681.79941.7994
H51.09542.37681.79941.7994

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 108.486 Cl2 C1 H4 108.486
Cl2 C1 H5 108.486 H3 C1 H4 110.438
H3 C1 H5 110.438 H4 C1 H5 110.438
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pCVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.115      
2 Cl -0.163      
3 H 0.093      
4 H 0.093      
5 H 0.093      


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 -2.012 2.012
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.604 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.870
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.867 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.867 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.734
Polar
3z2-r23.468
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 2.430 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.430 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 4.289


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.746
(<r2>)1/2 6.062