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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.115164
Energy at 298.15K-500.118116
HF Energy-500.115164
Nuclear repulsion energy50.984814
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 TPSSh/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 3089 2961 23.75 122.07 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1405 1347 19.64 5.14 0.44 0.62
3 A1 723 693 30.52 14.02 0.32 0.48
4 E 3196 3064 8.50 63.14 0.75 0.86
4 E 3196 3064 8.50 63.13 0.75 0.86
5 E 1509 1447 5.29 16.40 0.75 0.86
5 E 1509 1447 5.29 16.41 0.75 0.86
6 E 1040 997 3.60 8.07 0.75 0.86
6 E 1040 997 3.60 8.06 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8353.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8008.6 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
5.21550 0.43710 0.43710

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.137
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.662
H3 0.000 1.034 -1.479
H4 0.895 -0.517 -1.479
H5 -0.895 -0.517 -1.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79921.08891.08891.0889
Cl21.79922.37752.37752.3775
H31.08892.37751.79081.7908
H41.08892.37751.79081.7908
H51.08892.37751.79081.7908

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 108.284 Cl2 C1 H4 108.284
Cl2 C1 H5 108.284 H3 C1 H4 110.632
H3 C1 H5 110.632 H4 C1 H5 110.632
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.447      
2 Cl -0.092      
3 H 0.180      
4 H 0.180      
5 H 0.180      


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 -2.111 2.111
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.449 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.449 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.176


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.909
(<r2>)1/2 6.075