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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVQZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.172647
Energy at 298.15K-500.175593
HF Energy-500.172647
Nuclear repulsion energy51.083103
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 B3LYP/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 3070 2975 23.38 154.17 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1379 1336 11.32 0.01 0.01 0.03
3 A1 712 690 26.60 16.37 0.16 0.27
4 E 3165 3067 4.00 53.54 0.75 0.86
4 E 3165 3067 4.00 53.50 0.75 0.86
5 E 1484 1438 6.07 3.96 0.75 0.86
5 E 1484 1438 6.07 3.98 0.75 0.86
6 E 1027 995 2.10 0.55 0.75 0.86
6 E 1027 995 2.10 0.54 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8257.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9689) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8000.4 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
5.26169 0.43826 0.43826

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.136
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.661
H3 0.000 1.029 -1.476
H4 0.891 -0.515 -1.476
H5 -0.891 -0.515 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79741.08401.08401.0840
Cl21.79742.37232.37232.3723
H31.08402.37231.78301.7830
H41.08402.37231.78301.7830
H51.08402.37231.78301.7830

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 108.270 Cl2 C1 H4 108.270
Cl2 C1 H5 108.270 H3 C1 H4 110.645
H3 C1 H5 110.645 H4 C1 H5 110.645
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.753      
2 Cl -0.147      
3 H 0.300      
4 H 0.300      
5 H 0.300      


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 -1.968 1.968
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.057 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.057 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.345
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.856 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.856 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.712
Polar
3z2-r23.424
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 3.981 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.981 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.488


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.065
(<r2>)1/2 6.088