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

using model chemistry: HF/cc-pCVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.149135
Energy at 298.15K-499.152145
HF Energy-499.149135
Nuclear repulsion energy51.492173
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 HF/cc-pCVTZ
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 3215 2936 32.37      
2 A1 1503 1372 21.34      
3 A1 772 705 43.24      
4 E 3312 3024 9.28      
4 E 3312 3024 9.28      
5 E 1603 1464 5.46      
5 E 1603 1464 5.46      
6 E 1116 1019 1.80      
6 E 1116 1019 1.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8775.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9131) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8012.8 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 HF/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.34077 0.44545 0.44545

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.656
H3 0.000 1.022 -1.465
H4 0.885 -0.511 -1.465
H5 -0.885 -0.511 -1.465

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78251.07631.07631.0763
Cl21.78252.35412.35412.3541
H31.07632.35411.76971.7697
H41.07632.35411.76971.7697
H51.07632.35411.76971.7697

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 108.319 Cl2 C1 H4 108.319
Cl2 C1 H5 108.319 H3 C1 H4 110.599
H3 C1 H5 110.599 H4 C1 H5 110.599
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.091      
2 Cl -0.196      
3 H 0.096      
4 H 0.096      
5 H 0.096      


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 -2.132 2.132
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.897 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.897 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.137
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.880 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.880 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.760
Polar
3z2-r23.520
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 2.947 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.947 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.693


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.559
(<r2>)1/2 6.046