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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.556068
Energy at 298.15K-499.559044
HF Energy-499.148993
Nuclear repulsion energy51.390594
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/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 3096 3096 23.31      
2 A1 1403 1403 13.38      
3 A1 757 757 23.91      
4 E 3196 3196 6.13      
4 E 3196 3196 6.13      
5 E 1507 1507 4.90      
5 E 1507 1507 4.90      
6 E 1044 1044 2.04      
6 E 1044 1044 2.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8375.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8375.0 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/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.27704 0.44475 0.44475

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.657
H3 0.000 1.028 -1.471
H4 0.890 -0.514 -1.471
H5 -0.890 -0.514 -1.471

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78171.08451.08451.0845
Cl21.78172.36282.36282.3628
H31.08452.36281.78041.7804
H41.08452.36281.78041.7804
H51.08452.36281.78041.7804

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 108.593 Cl2 C1 H4 108.593
Cl2 C1 H5 108.593 H3 C1 H4 110.335
H3 C1 H5 110.335 H4 C1 H5 110.335
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability