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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.168359
Energy at 298.15K-575.172098
HF Energy-575.168359
Nuclear repulsion energy106.217186
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 M06-2X/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' 3169 3012 9.12      
2 A' 3062 2910 29.38      
3 A' 1528 1452 10.10      
4 A' 1474 1401 4.82      
5 A' 1218 1158 15.72      
6 A' 1088 1034 43.63      
7 A' 737 700 4.01      
8 A' 386 367 3.27      
9 A" 3146 2990 31.58      
10 A" 1484 1410 7.50      
11 A" 1187 1128 1.23      
12 A" 257 244 2.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9367.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8903.1 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 M06-2X/6-31G**
ABC
1.41771 0.20972 0.18934

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.801 0.000
Cl2 -0.807 -0.690 0.000
C3 1.405 0.599 0.000
H4 1.822 1.608 0.000
H5 1.730 0.061 0.896
H6 1.730 0.061 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.69551.41981.99312.08472.0847
Cl21.69552.56003.49212.79362.7936
C31.41982.56001.09251.09471.0947
H41.99313.49211.09251.79081.7908
H52.08472.79361.09471.79081.7928
H62.08472.79361.09471.79081.7928

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 104.235 O1 C3 H5 111.349
O1 C3 H6 111.349 Cl2 O1 C3 110.205
H4 C3 H5 109.917 H4 C3 H6 109.917
H5 C3 H6 109.939
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.497      
2 Cl 0.174      
3 C -0.107      
4 H 0.156      
5 H 0.137      
6 H 0.137      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.880 -0.257 0.000 1.897
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.143 2.116 0.000
y 2.116 -24.226 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.167
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.554 2.116 0.000
y 2.116 -0.571 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.983
Polar
3z2-r2-3.966
x2-y22.083
xy2.116
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.285 1.219 0.000
y 1.219 4.104 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.843


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.696
(<r2>)1/2 8.167