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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.560529
Energy at 298.15K-499.563499
HF Energy-499.148958
Nuclear repulsion energy51.289855
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/daug-cc-pVTZ
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 23.17      
2 A1 1405 1405 12.67      
3 A1 752 752 24.71      
4 E 3194 3194 4.22      
4 E 3194 3194 4.22      
5 E 1511 1511 5.24      
5 E 1511 1511 5.24      
6 E 1048 1048 1.58      
6 E 1048 1048 1.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8378.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8378.8 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 QCISD/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.25383 0.44285 0.44285

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/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
C11.78691.08521.08521.0852
Cl21.78692.36422.36422.3642
H31.08522.36421.78431.7843
H41.08522.36421.78431.7843
H51.08522.36421.78431.7843

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 108.318 Cl2 C1 H4 108.318
Cl2 C1 H5 108.318 H3 C1 H4 110.600
H3 C1 H5 110.600 H4 C1 H5 110.600
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability