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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/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=FULL/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.615346
Energy at 298.15K-499.618323
HF Energy-499.149039
Nuclear repulsion energy51.494916
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=FULL/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 3127 3127 22.93      
2 A1 1415 1415 11.94      
3 A1 766 766 23.59      
4 E 3197 3197 3.85      
4 E 3197 3197 3.85      
5 E 1525 1525 5.57      
5 E 1525 1525 5.57      
6 E 1051 1051 1.68      
6 E 1051 1051 1.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8425.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8425.8 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 CCSD=FULL/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.29218 0.44654 0.44654

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.124
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.655
H3 0.000 1.026 -1.465
H4 0.889 -0.513 -1.465
H5 -0.889 -0.513 -1.465

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77901.08181.08181.0818
Cl21.77902.35592.35592.3559
H31.08182.35591.77781.7778
H41.08182.35591.77781.7778
H51.08182.35591.77781.7778

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 108.406 Cl2 C1 H4 108.406
Cl2 C1 H5 108.406 H3 C1 H4 110.515
H3 C1 H5 110.515 H4 C1 H5 110.515
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability