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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.516581
Energy at 298.15K-499.519576
HF Energy-499.149090
Nuclear repulsion energy51.616638
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 CID/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 3162 3162 22.87      
2 A1 1437 1437 13.69      
3 A1 779 779 26.62      
4 E 3264 3264 5.26      
4 E 3264 3264 5.26      
5 E 1539 1539 5.43      
5 E 1539 1539 5.43      
6 E 1068 1068 2.15      
6 E 1068 1068 2.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8560.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8560.2 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 CID/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.32934 0.44857 0.44857

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.654
H3 0.000 1.023 -1.465
H4 0.886 -0.511 -1.465
H5 -0.886 -0.511 -1.465

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77421.07931.07931.0793
Cl21.77422.35262.35262.3526
H31.07932.35261.77161.7716
H41.07932.35261.77161.7716
H51.07932.35261.77161.7716

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 108.609 Cl2 C1 H4 108.608
Cl2 C1 H5 108.608 H3 C1 H4 110.320
H3 C1 H5 110.320 H4 C1 H5 110.320
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability