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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.949522
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.150049
Nuclear repulsion energy51.537257
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 MP3=FULL/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 3125 3125 20.96      
2 A1 1414 1414 10.56      
3 A1 766 766 23.46      
4 E 3228 3228 3.11      
4 E 3228 3228 3.11      
5 E 1519 1519 5.93      
5 E 1519 1519 5.93      
6 E 1056 1056 1.87      
6 E 1056 1056 1.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8454.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8454.6 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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.28908 0.44751 0.44751

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pCVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.122
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.654
H3 0.000 1.027 -1.464
H4 0.889 -0.513 -1.464
H5 -0.889 -0.513 -1.464

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77681.08211.08211.0821
Cl21.77682.35412.35412.3541
H31.08212.35411.77831.7783
H41.08212.35411.77831.7783
H51.08212.35411.77831.7783

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 108.403 Cl2 C1 H4 108.403
Cl2 C1 H5 108.403 H3 C1 H4 110.518
H3 C1 H5 110.518 H4 C1 H5 110.518
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability