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

using model chemistry: MP2/Sadlej_pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP2/Sadlej_pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.429634
Energy at 298.15K-499.432603
HF Energy-499.128956
Nuclear repulsion energy50.882380
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 MP2/Sadlej_pVTZ
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 3079 2962 22.39      
2 A1 1368 1316 14.22      
3 A1 759 731 25.54      
4 E 3213 3091 2.42      
4 E 3213 3091 2.42      
5 E 1476 1420 4.41      
5 E 1476 1420 4.41      
6 E 1027 988 1.78      
6 E 1027 988 1.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8319.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9621) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8003.8 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 MP2/Sadlej_pVTZ
ABC
5.12050 0.43678 0.43678

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/Sadlej_pVTZ

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 0.662
H3 0.000 1.043 -1.480
H4 0.904 -0.522 -1.480
H5 -0.904 -0.522 -1.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79871.09861.09861.0986
Cl21.79872.38302.38302.3830
H31.09862.38301.80741.8074
H41.09862.38301.80741.8074
H51.09862.38301.80741.8074

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 108.228 Cl2 C1 H4 108.228
Cl2 C1 H5 108.228 H3 C1 H4 110.685
H3 C1 H5 110.685 H4 C1 H5 110.685
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability