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

using model chemistry: B97D3/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 B97D3/aug-cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.158582
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-500.158582
Nuclear repulsion energy50.984942
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 B97D3/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 3015 3015 27.35      
2 A1 1347 1347 11.97      
3 A1 688 688 26.36      
4 E 3114 3114 6.64      
4 E 3114 3114 6.65      
5 E 1453 1453 5.24      
5 E 1453 1453 5.23      
6 E 1007 1007 2.16      
6 E 1007 1007 2.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8097.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8097.8 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 B97D3/aug-cc-pCVTZ
ABC
5.20793 0.43724 0.43724

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pCVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.137
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.662
H3 0.000 1.035 -1.478
H4 0.896 -0.517 -1.478
H5 -0.896 -0.517 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79891.08951.08951.0895
Cl21.79892.37732.37732.3773
H31.08952.37731.79211.7921
H41.08952.37731.79211.7921
H51.08952.37731.79211.7921

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 108.258 Cl2 C1 H4 108.258
Cl2 C1 H5 108.258 H3 C1 H4 110.657
H3 C1 H5 110.657 H4 C1 H5 110.657
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/aug-cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.648      
2 Cl -0.219      
3 H 0.289      
4 H 0.289      
5 H 0.289      


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 -1.932 1.932
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.923 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.923 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.205
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.859 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.859 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.719
Polar
3z2-r23.438
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 4.014 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.015 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 5.550


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.060
(<r2>)1/2 6.088