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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.173259
Energy at 298.15K-500.176209
HF Energy-500.173259
Nuclear repulsion energy51.161220
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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
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 3065 3065 24.34 156.93 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1379 1379 12.82 0.01 0.57 0.73
3 A1 720 720 27.94 15.37 0.15 0.26
4 E 3164 3164 5.34 54.42 0.75 0.86
4 E 3164 3164 5.34 54.30 0.75 0.86
5 E 1494 1494 5.22 4.02 0.75 0.86
5 E 1494 1494 5.22 4.03 0.75 0.86
6 E 1027 1027 1.77 0.57 0.75 0.86
6 E 1027 1027 1.77 0.58 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8267.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8267.0 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
5.23654 0.44029 0.44029

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.134
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.660
H3 0.000 1.032 -1.471
H4 0.894 -0.516 -1.471
H5 -0.894 -0.516 -1.471

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79341.08551.08551.0855
Cl21.79342.36722.36722.3672
H31.08552.36721.78721.7872
H41.08552.36721.78721.7872
H51.08552.36721.78721.7872

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 108.091 Cl2 C1 H4 108.091
Cl2 C1 H5 108.091 H3 C1 H4 110.815
H3 C1 H5 110.815 H4 C1 H5 110.815
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -1.190      
2 Cl -0.059      
3 H 0.416      
4 H 0.416      
5 H 0.416      


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 -1.974 1.974
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.949 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.948 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.449


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.856
(<r2>)1/2 6.071