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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.407242
Energy at 298.15K-499.410229
HF Energy-499.097779
Nuclear repulsion energy51.329384
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 CCSD/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 A1 3151 2939 25.21      
2 A1 1458 1360 20.98      
3 A1 770 718 23.33      
4 E 3258 3039 9.60      
4 E 3258 3039 9.60      
5 E 1540 1436 3.94      
5 E 1540 1436 3.94      
6 E 1075 1003 2.56      
6 E 1075 1003 2.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8562.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7985.7 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 CCSD/6-31G**
ABC
5.28595 0.44345 0.44345

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.658
H3 0.000 1.027 -1.476
H4 0.889 -0.514 -1.476
H5 -0.889 -0.514 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78351.08521.08521.0852
Cl21.78352.36842.36842.3684
H31.08522.36841.77891.7789
H41.08522.36841.77891.7789
H51.08522.36841.77891.7789

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 108.849 Cl2 C1 H4 108.849
Cl2 C1 H5 108.849 H3 C1 H4 110.086
H3 C1 H5 110.086 H4 C1 H5 110.086
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability