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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.930887
Energy at 298.15K-574.934498
HF Energy-574.930887
Nuclear repulsion energy103.963133
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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3060 3025 9.13      
2 A' 2953 2920 33.42      
3 A' 1461 1444 13.28      
4 A' 1398 1382 0.73      
5 A' 1150 1137 17.25      
6 A' 968 957 23.28      
7 A' 630 623 3.63      
8 A' 349 345 5.20      
9 A" 3036 3001 32.54      
10 A" 1403 1387 9.75      
11 A" 1129 1116 0.46      
12 A" 257 254 4.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8896.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8795.4 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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
ABC
1.37917 0.19989 0.18079

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.824 0.000
Cl2 -0.815 -0.724 0.000
C3 1.420 0.638 0.000
H4 1.802 1.673 0.000
H5 1.767 0.112 0.907
H6 1.767 0.112 -0.907

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.74971.43191.99172.10992.1099
Cl21.74972.61703.54872.86132.8613
C31.43192.61701.10341.10431.1043
H41.99173.54871.10341.80571.8057
H52.10992.86131.10431.80571.8140
H62.10992.86131.10431.80571.8140

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 102.780 O1 C3 H5 111.938
O1 C3 H6 111.938 Cl2 O1 C3 110.280
H4 C3 H5 109.746 H4 C3 H6 109.746
H5 C3 H6 110.427
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.296      
2 Cl 0.082      
3 C -0.318      
4 H 0.183      
5 H 0.174      
6 H 0.174      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.994 -0.090 0.000 1.996
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.711 2.279 0.000
y 2.279 -24.760 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.792
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.565 2.279 0.000
y 2.279 -0.508 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.057
Polar
3z2-r2-4.113
x2-y22.049
xy2.279
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.332 1.354 0.000
y 1.354 5.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.651


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 69.385
(<r2>)1/2 8.330