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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pV(D+d)Z

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pV(D+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.078328
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-500.078328
Nuclear repulsion energy50.429809
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 BLYP/cc-pV(D+d)Z
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 2983 2983 23.60      
2 A1 1310 1310 17.83      
3 A1 680 680 26.07      
4 E 3086 3086 7.67      
4 E 3086 3086 7.67      
5 E 1410 1410 4.90      
5 E 1410 1410 4.90      
6 E 977 977 3.32      
6 E 977 977 3.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7960.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7960.3 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 BLYP/cc-pV(D+d)Z
ABC
5.07513 0.42827 0.42827

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pV(D+d)Z

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.147
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.669
H3 0.000 1.048 -1.496
H4 0.908 -0.524 -1.496
H5 -0.908 -0.524 -1.496

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.81651.10471.10471.1047
Cl21.81652.40572.40572.4057
H31.10472.40571.81541.8154
H41.10472.40571.81541.8154
H51.10472.40571.81541.8154

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 108.406 Cl2 C1 H4 108.406
Cl2 C1 H5 108.406 H3 C1 H4 110.515
H3 C1 H5 110.515 H4 C1 H5 110.515
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pV(D+d)Z Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.050      
2 Cl -0.146      
3 H 0.065      
4 H 0.065      
5 H 0.065      


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 -1.838 1.838
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.722 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.722 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.946
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.888 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.888 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.776
Polar
3z2-r23.551
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 2.509 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.509 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.446


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.470
(<r2>)1/2 6.121