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

using model chemistry: B1B95/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 B1B95/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.146513
Energy at 298.15K-500.149468
HF Energy-500.146513
Nuclear repulsion energy51.262961
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 B1B95/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 3093 3093 24.02 157.47 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1343 1343 9.67 0.03 0.74 0.85
3 A1 748 748 27.44 15.54 0.15 0.26
4 E 3209 3209 3.94 54.01 0.75 0.86
4 E 3209 3209 3.94 54.03 0.75 0.86
5 E 1447 1447 6.08 4.03 0.75 0.86
5 E 1447 1447 6.08 4.05 0.75 0.86
6 E 1014 1014 2.23 0.65 0.75 0.86
6 E 1014 1014 2.23 0.66 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8262.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8262.5 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 B1B95/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.19933 0.44336 0.44336

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.657
H3 0.000 1.036 -1.470
H4 0.897 -0.518 -1.470
H5 -0.897 -0.518 -1.470

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78491.09081.09081.0908
Cl21.78492.36622.36622.3662
H31.09082.36621.79361.7936
H41.09082.36621.79361.7936
H51.09082.36621.79361.7936

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 108.310 Cl2 C1 H4 108.309
Cl2 C1 H5 108.309 H3 C1 H4 110.608
H3 C1 H5 110.608 H4 C1 H5 110.608
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.048      
2 Cl 0.173      
3 H -0.074      
4 H -0.074      
5 H -0.074      


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 -1.970 1.970
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.934 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.934 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.134
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.900 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.900 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.799
Polar
3z2-r23.599
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 3.929 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.365


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.752
(<r2>)1/2 6.062