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

using model chemistry: CCSD/daug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.560117
Energy at 298.15K-499.563087
HF Energy-499.148966
Nuclear repulsion energy51.307327
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 CCSD/daug-cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3097 3097 22.85      
2 A1 1407 1407 12.50      
3 A1 755 755 24.59      
4 E 3197 3197 4.06      
4 E 3197 3197 4.06      
5 E 1512 1512 5.31      
5 E 1512 1512 5.31      
6 E 1050 1050 1.60      
6 E 1050 1050 1.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8387.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8387.0 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 CCSD/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.25662 0.44318 0.44318

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/daug-cc-pVTZ

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 1.030 -1.470
H4 0.892 -0.515 -1.470
H5 -0.892 -0.515 -1.470

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78621.08491.08491.0849
Cl21.78622.36352.36352.3635
H31.08492.36351.78381.7838
H41.08492.36351.78381.7838
H51.08492.36351.78381.7838

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 108.328 Cl2 C1 H4 108.328
Cl2 C1 H5 108.328 H3 C1 H4 110.590
H3 C1 H5 110.590 H4 C1 H5 110.590
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability