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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.136719
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-500.136719
Nuclear repulsion energy51.383432
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 wB97X-D/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 3092 3092 23.24      
2 A1 1382 1382 9.39      
3 A1 747 747 25.17      
4 E 3195 3195 3.98      
4 E 3195 3195 3.97      
5 E 1492 1492 6.93      
5 E 1492 1492 6.93      
6 E 1030 1030 2.24      
6 E 1030 1030 2.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8326.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8326.8 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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.26659 0.44472 0.44472

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/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 1.029 -1.470
H4 0.891 -0.514 -1.470
H5 -0.891 -0.514 -1.470

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78211.08491.08491.0849
Cl21.78212.36202.36202.3620
H31.08492.36201.78211.7821
H41.08492.36201.78211.7821
H51.08492.36201.78211.7821

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 108.487 Cl2 C1 H4 108.487
Cl2 C1 H5 108.487 H3 C1 H4 110.437
H3 C1 H5 110.437 H4 C1 H5 110.437
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.899      
2 Cl -0.196      
3 H 0.365      
4 H 0.365      
5 H 0.365      


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 -1.964 1.964
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.838 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.838 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.086
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.876 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.876 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.753
Polar
3z2-r23.505
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 3.903 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.902 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 5.334


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.611
(<r2>)1/2 6.051