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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.207812
Energy at 298.15K-575.211397
HF Energy-575.207812
Nuclear repulsion energy102.813148
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 BLYP/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3033 3010 14.28      
2 A' 2943 2920 30.89      
3 A' 1485 1474 12.54      
4 A' 1416 1405 4.69      
5 A' 1154 1145 14.87      
6 A' 944 937 22.11      
7 A' 597 592 3.73      
8 A' 344 341 5.60      
9 A" 3016 2993 42.43      
10 A" 1421 1410 5.74      
11 A" 1138 1129 0.49      
12 A" 258 256 3.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8873.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8805.6 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
1.35479 0.19508 0.17641

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.840 0.000
Cl2 -0.820 -0.742 0.000
C3 1.428 0.655 0.000
H4 1.804 1.692 0.000
H5 1.784 0.133 0.904
H6 1.784 0.133 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.78111.43941.99522.12102.1210
Cl21.78112.64623.57882.89172.8917
C31.43942.64621.10321.10331.1033
H41.99523.57881.10321.80261.8026
H52.12102.89171.10331.80261.8088
H62.12102.89171.10331.80261.8088

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 102.583 O1 C3 H5 112.379
O1 C3 H6 112.379 Cl2 O1 C3 110.051
H4 C3 H5 109.557 H4 C3 H6 109.557
H5 C3 H6 110.107
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.414      
2 Cl 0.114      
3 C -0.054      
4 H 0.128      
5 H 0.113      
6 H 0.113      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.900 -0.035 0.000 1.901
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.263 2.172 0.000
y 2.172 -23.951 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.225
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.325 2.172 0.000
y 2.172 -0.208 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.117
Polar
3z2-r2-4.235
x2-y21.688
xy2.172
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.735 1.492 0.000
y 1.492 4.479 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.857


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 70.245
(<r2>)1/2 8.381