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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.685751
Energy at 298.15K-499.688734
HF Energy-499.118466
Nuclear repulsion energy51.128302
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 MP3=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 3125 3125 22.94      
2 A1 1399 1399 15.73      
3 A1 772 772 22.51      
4 E 3238 3238 6.84      
4 E 3238 3238 6.84      
5 E 1493 1493 4.82      
5 E 1493 1493 4.82      
6 E 1041 1041 2.65      
6 E 1041 1041 2.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8420.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8420.1 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 MP3=FULL/cc-pCVDZ
ABC
5.17112 0.44139 0.44139

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pCVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.127
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.659
H3 0.000 1.038 -1.480
H4 0.899 -0.519 -1.480
H5 -0.899 -0.519 -1.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78651.09671.09671.0967
Cl21.78652.37822.37822.3782
H31.09672.37821.79851.7985
H41.09672.37821.79851.7985
H51.09672.37821.79851.7985

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 108.776 Cl2 C1 H4 108.776
Cl2 C1 H5 108.776 H3 C1 H4 110.158
H3 C1 H5 110.158 H4 C1 H5 110.158
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability