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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.112546
Energy at 298.15K-500.115494
HF Energy-500.112546
Nuclear repulsion energy50.878045
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3087 2966 22.13 113.58 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1398 1343 18.20 4.56 0.48 0.65
3 A1 718 690 28.97 14.69 0.32 0.48
4 E 3192 3067 6.86 59.52 0.75 0.86
4 E 3192 3067 6.86 59.52 0.75 0.86
5 E 1495 1436 5.96 16.50 0.75 0.86
5 E 1495 1436 5.96 16.50 0.75 0.86
6 E 1035 995 3.96 7.73 0.75 0.86
6 E 1035 995 3.96 7.73 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8324.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7997.7 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
5.22394 0.43480 0.43480

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.140
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.664
H3 0.000 1.033 -1.484
H4 0.895 -0.517 -1.484
H5 -0.895 -0.517 -1.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80371.08911.08911.0891
Cl21.80372.38402.38402.3840
H31.08912.38401.78941.7894
H41.08912.38401.78941.7894
H51.08912.38401.78941.7894

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 108.454 Cl2 C1 H4 108.454
Cl2 C1 H5 108.454 H3 C1 H4 110.469
H3 C1 H5 110.469 H4 C1 H5 110.469
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.399      
2 Cl -0.093      
3 H 0.164      
4 H 0.164      
5 H 0.164      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.082 2.082
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.745 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.745 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.944
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.900 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.900 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.801
Polar
3z2-r23.601
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.441 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.441 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.181


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.060
(<r2>)1/2 6.088