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

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.517831
Energy at 298.15K-499.520824
HF Energy-499.149097
Nuclear repulsion energy51.591155
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 CISD/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 3159 3159 23.28      
2 A1 1434 1434 13.96      
3 A1 775 775 26.85      
4 E 3261 3261 5.53      
4 E 3261 3261 5.53      
5 E 1537 1537 5.34      
5 E 1537 1537 5.34      
6 E 1066 1066 2.10      
6 E 1066 1066 2.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8548.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8548.1 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 CISD/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.32579 0.44806 0.44806

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.121
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.654
H3 0.000 1.023 -1.465
H4 0.886 -0.512 -1.465
H5 -0.886 -0.512 -1.465

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77541.07941.07941.0794
Cl21.77542.35322.35322.3532
H31.07942.35321.77221.7722
H41.07942.35321.77221.7722
H51.07942.35321.77221.7722

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 108.569 Cl2 C1 H4 108.569
Cl2 C1 H5 108.569 H3 C1 H4 110.358
H3 C1 H5 110.358 H4 C1 H5 110.358
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability