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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/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 QCISD(T)/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.571447
Energy at 298.15K-499.574414
HF Energy-499.148928
Nuclear repulsion energy51.285468
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 QCISD(T)/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 3077 3077        
2 A1 1385 1385        
3 A1 746 746        
4 E 3179 3179        
4 E 3179 3179        
5 E 1494 1494        
5 E 1493 1493        
6 E 1031 1031        
6 E 1031 1031        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8307.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8307.9 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 QCISD(T)/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.25688 0.44282 0.44282

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pCVTZ

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 0.658
H3 0.000 1.030 -1.473
H4 0.892 -0.515 -1.473
H5 -0.892 -0.515 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78601.08611.08611.0861
Cl21.78602.36672.36672.3667
H31.08612.36671.78381.7838
H41.08612.36671.78381.7838
H51.08612.36671.78381.7838

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 108.514 Cl2 C1 H4 108.514
Cl2 C1 H5 108.514 H3 C1 H4 110.411
H3 C1 H5 110.411 H4 C1 H5 110.411
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability