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

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.427143
Energy at 298.15K-499.430119
HF Energy-499.122475
Nuclear repulsion energy50.986388
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 CISD/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 3137 3137 25.33      
2 A1 1398 1398 15.45      
3 A1 753 753 29.70      
4 E 3246 3246 5.49      
4 E 3246 3246 5.49      
5 E 1500 1500 4.71      
5 E 1500 1500 4.71      
6 E 1051 1051 1.46      
6 E 1051 1051 1.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8440.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8440.1 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 CISD/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.17461 0.43788 0.43788

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.136
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.661
H3 0.000 1.038 -1.477
H4 0.899 -0.519 -1.477
H5 -0.899 -0.519 -1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79731.09261.09261.0926
Cl21.79732.37712.37712.3771
H31.09262.37711.79791.7979
H41.09262.37711.79791.7979
H51.09262.37711.79791.7979

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 108.194 Cl2 C1 H4 108.194
Cl2 C1 H5 108.194 H3 C1 H4 110.718
H3 C1 H5 110.718 H4 C1 H5 110.718
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability