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

using model chemistry: MP4/aug-cc-pCVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.580335
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.149890
Nuclear repulsion energy51.269887
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 MP4/aug-cc-pCVTZ
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 3074 3074        
2 A1 1391 1391        
3 A1 744 744        
4 E 3180 3180        
4 E 3180 3180        
5 E 1501 1501        
5 E 1500 1500        
6 E 1039 1039        
6 E 1039 1039        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8322.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8322.6 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 MP4/aug-cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.23653 0.44278 0.44278

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pCVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.129
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.658
H3 0.000 1.032 -1.470
H4 0.894 -0.516 -1.470
H5 -0.894 -0.516 -1.470

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78681.08691.08691.0869
Cl21.78682.36512.36512.3651
H31.08692.36511.78721.7872
H41.08692.36511.78721.7872
H51.08692.36511.78721.7872

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 108.304 Cl2 C1 H4 108.304
Cl2 C1 H5 108.304 H3 C1 H4 110.613
H3 C1 H5 110.613 H4 C1 H5 110.613
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability