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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/aug-cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.564083
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.149971
Nuclear repulsion energy51.375387
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 QCISD/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 3094 3094 23.37      
2 A1 1409 1409 12.47      
3 A1 753 753 24.29      
4 E 3195 3195 4.33      
4 E 3195 3195 4.33      
5 E 1513 1513 5.28      
5 E 1513 1513 5.28      
6 E 1050 1050 1.62      
6 E 1050 1050 1.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8385.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8385.9 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 QCISD/aug-cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.25925 0.44463 0.44463

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.657
H3 0.000 1.030 -1.468
H4 0.892 -0.515 -1.468
H5 -0.892 -0.515 -1.468

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78271.08501.08501.0850
Cl21.78272.36132.36132.3613
H31.08502.36131.78341.7834
H41.08502.36131.78341.7834
H51.08502.36131.78341.7834

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 108.391 Cl2 C1 H4 108.391
Cl2 C1 H5 108.391 H3 C1 H4 110.530
H3 C1 H5 110.530 H4 C1 H5 110.530
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability