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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/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=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.466269
Energy at 298.15K-499.469229
HF Energy-499.122269
Nuclear repulsion energy50.828456
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-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 3085 3085 25.15      
2 A1 1374 1374 14.74      
3 A1 737 737 26.25      
4 E 3195 3195 5.73      
4 E 3195 3195 5.73      
5 E 1475 1475 4.31      
5 E 1475 1475 4.31      
6 E 1031 1031 1.46      
6 E 1031 1031 1.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8299.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8299.1 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 CCSD=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.13843 0.43527 0.43527

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.139
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.663
H3 0.000 1.042 -1.482
H4 0.902 -0.521 -1.482
H5 -0.902 -0.521 -1.482

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80251.09661.09661.0966
Cl21.80252.38482.38482.3848
H31.09662.38481.80421.8042
H41.09662.38481.80421.8042
H51.09662.38481.80421.8042

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 108.215 Cl2 C1 H4 108.215
Cl2 C1 H5 108.215 H3 C1 H4 110.698
H3 C1 H5 110.698 H4 C1 H5 110.698
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability