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All results from a given calculation for CH3Li (methyl lithium)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-47.380086
Energy at 298.15K-47.382529
HF Energy-47.380086
Nuclear repulsion energy16.199945
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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 2992 2867 66.74      
2 A1 1117 1071 16.22      
3 A1 645 618 22.58      
4 E 3071 2943 44.66      
4 E 3071 2943 44.65      
5 E 1465 1404 7.47      
5 E 1465 1404 7.47      
6 E 480 460 212.63      
6 E 480 460 212.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7393.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7085.6 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
5.40939 0.75444 0.75444

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Li1 0.000 0.000 -1.589
C2 0.000 0.000 0.388
H3 0.000 1.015 0.813
H4 -0.879 -0.508 0.813
H5 0.879 -0.508 0.813

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Li1 C2 H3 H4 H5
Li11.97722.60822.60822.6082
C21.97721.10071.10071.1007
H32.60821.10071.75851.7585
H42.60821.10071.75851.7585
H52.60821.10071.75851.7585

picture of methyl lithium state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Li1 C2 H3 112.730 Li1 C2 H4 112.730
Li1 C2 H5 112.730 H3 C2 H4 106.025
H3 C2 H5 106.025 H4 C2 H5 106.025
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Li 0.367      
2 C -0.640      
3 H 0.091      
4 H 0.091      
5 H 0.091      


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 -5.200 5.200
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.631 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.631 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.431
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.100 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.100 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.200
Polar
3z2-r220.399
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 4.423 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.424 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.945


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 18.697
(<r2>)1/2 4.324