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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.901753
Energy at 298.15K-499.904687
HF Energy-499.901753
Nuclear repulsion energy51.074961
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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pCVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 2997 2997 22.95      
2 A1 1326 1326 9.03      
3 A1 717 717 22.03      
4 E 3094 3094 5.64      
4 E 3094 3094 5.64      
5 E 1430 1430 6.12      
5 E 1430 1430 6.12      
6 E 993 993 3.34      
6 E 993 993 3.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8036.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8036.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.18140 0.43987 0.43987

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.131
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.660
H3 0.000 1.037 -1.479
H4 0.898 -0.519 -1.479
H5 -0.898 -0.519 -1.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79131.09411.09411.0941
Cl21.79132.37732.37732.3773
H31.09412.37731.79671.7967
H41.09412.37731.79671.7967
H51.09412.37731.79671.7967

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 108.532 Cl2 C1 H4 108.532
Cl2 C1 H5 108.532 H3 C1 H4 110.393
H3 C1 H5 110.393 H4 C1 H5 110.393
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.315      
2 Cl -0.144      
3 H 0.153      
4 H 0.153      
5 H 0.153      


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 -1.861 1.861
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.870 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.870 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.137
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.867 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.867 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.733
Polar
3z2-r23.466
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 3.147 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.147 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.922


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.924
(<r2>)1/2 6.077