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

using model chemistry: BLYP/daug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.086764
Energy at 298.15K-500.089662
HF Energy-500.086764
Nuclear repulsion energy50.195498
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 BLYP/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 2991 2991 23.84 164.72 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1293 1293 11.98 0.03 0.55 0.71
3 A1 665 665 26.94 17.61 0.15 0.26
4 E 3098 3098 5.33 57.98 0.75 0.86
4 E 3098 3098 5.33 57.92 0.75 0.86
5 E 1404 1404 5.02 4.15 0.75 0.86
5 E 1404 1404 5.02 4.14 0.75 0.86
6 E 975 975 2.01 0.73 0.75 0.86
6 E 975 975 2.01 0.73 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7952.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7952.5 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 BLYP/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.08371 0.42276 0.42276

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.159
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.673
H3 0.000 1.047 -1.496
H4 0.907 -0.524 -1.496
H5 -0.907 -0.524 -1.496

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.83251.09991.09991.0999
Cl21.83252.40842.40842.4084
H31.09992.40841.81391.8139
H41.09992.40841.81391.8139
H51.09992.40841.81391.8139

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 107.804 Cl2 C1 H4 107.804
Cl2 C1 H5 107.804 H3 C1 H4 111.086
H3 C1 H5 111.086 H4 C1 H5 111.086
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.447      
2 Cl 0.227      
3 H -0.225      
4 H -0.225      
5 H -0.225      


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 -2.001 2.001
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.323 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.323 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.469
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.927 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.927 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.854
Polar
3z2-r23.708
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 4.205 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.773


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.076
(<r2>)1/2 6.171