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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.988383
Energy at 298.15K-574.992093
HF Energy-574.988383
Nuclear repulsion energy105.770138
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3159 3014 9.42      
2 A' 3046 2907 32.42      
3 A' 1521 1451 11.48      
4 A' 1463 1396 3.33      
5 A' 1207 1152 16.64      
6 A' 1056 1007 34.38      
7 A' 699 667 3.60      
8 A' 373 356 3.82      
9 A" 3131 2988 33.89      
10 A" 1471 1404 8.21      
11 A" 1180 1126 0.66      
12 A" 262 250 3.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9283.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8858.9 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
1.41588 0.20752 0.18752

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.806 0.000
Cl2 -0.806 -0.701 0.000
C3 1.403 0.612 0.000
H4 1.805 1.629 0.000
H5 1.744 0.083 0.897
H6 1.744 0.083 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.70931.41641.98412.08982.0898
Cl21.70932.57033.50032.81442.8144
C31.41642.57031.09391.09571.0957
H41.98413.50031.09391.78901.7890
H52.08982.81441.09571.78901.7935
H62.08982.81441.09571.78901.7935

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 103.700 O1 C3 H5 111.964
O1 C3 H6 111.964 Cl2 O1 C3 110.280
H4 C3 H5 109.585 H4 C3 H6 109.585
H5 C3 H6 109.857
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.469      
2 Cl 0.158      
3 C -0.139      
4 H 0.162      
5 H 0.144      
6 H 0.144      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.887 -0.173 0.000 1.895
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.117 2.121 0.000
y 2.121 -24.041 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.105
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.456 2.121 0.000
y 2.121 -0.430 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.026
Polar
3z2-r2-4.052
x2-y21.924
xy2.121
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.355 1.270 0.000
y 1.270 4.161 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.816


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 67.120
(<r2>)1/2 8.193