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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-573.521110
Energy at 298.15K-573.524797
HF Energy-573.521110
Nuclear repulsion energy105.959455
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 LSDA/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' 3061 3004 6.14      
2 A' 2942 2887 29.81      
3 A' 1459 1432 12.40      
4 A' 1390 1364 0.21      
5 A' 1167 1145 22.23      
6 A' 1045 1025 19.18      
7 A' 681 668 3.77      
8 A' 363 356 5.40      
9 A" 3019 2963 30.07      
10 A" 1389 1363 11.61      
11 A" 1138 1117 0.12      
12 A" 274 269 3.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8964.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8796.8 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
1.40322 0.20955 0.18906

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.812 0.000
Cl2 -0.800 -0.702 0.000
C3 1.388 0.610 0.000
H4 1.798 1.635 0.000
H5 1.740 0.076 0.904
H6 1.740 0.076 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.71251.40231.97752.09422.0942
Cl21.71252.55093.49462.80602.8060
C31.40232.55091.10421.10711.1071
H41.97753.49461.10421.80281.8028
H52.09422.80601.10711.80281.8073
H62.09422.80601.10711.80281.8073

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 103.535 O1 C3 H5 112.606
O1 C3 H6 112.606 Cl2 O1 C3 109.565
H4 C3 H5 109.226 H4 C3 H6 109.226
H5 C3 H6 109.425
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.417      
2 Cl 0.146      
3 C -0.214      
4 H 0.175      
5 H 0.155      
6 H 0.155      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.802 -0.122 0.000 1.806
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.321 2.121 0.000
y 2.121 -24.020 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.205
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.291 2.121 0.000
y 2.121 -0.256 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.035
Polar
3z2-r2-4.069
x2-y21.698
xy2.121
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.554 1.299 0.000
y 1.299 4.226 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.914


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.823
(<r2>)1/2 8.175