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

using model chemistry: CCSD/daug-cc-pVDZ

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-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.456815
Energy at 298.15K-499.459775
HF Energy-499.122204
Nuclear repulsion energy50.780668
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-pVDZ
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 3081 3081 25.17      
2 A1 1371 1371 14.94      
3 A1 736 736 26.53      
4 E 3189 3189 5.83      
4 E 3189 3189 5.83      
5 E 1473 1473 4.24      
5 E 1473 1473 4.24      
6 E 1031 1031 1.43      
6 E 1031 1031 1.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8286.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8286.8 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/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.12722 0.43446 0.43446

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.140
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.664
H3 0.000 1.043 -1.483
H4 0.903 -0.521 -1.483
H5 -0.903 -0.521 -1.483

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80431.09761.09761.0976
Cl21.80432.38662.38662.3866
H31.09762.38661.80621.8062
H41.09762.38661.80621.8062
H51.09762.38661.80621.8062

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 108.178 Cl2 C1 H4 108.178
Cl2 C1 H5 108.178 H3 C1 H4 110.733
H3 C1 H5 110.733 H4 C1 H5 110.733
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability