return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CH3Br (methyl bromide)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2611.675210
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2611.675210
Nuclear repulsion energy89.224926
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 M06-2X/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 A1 3121 2972 15.06 124.16 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1363 1298 23.51 1.00 0.51 0.67
3 A1 637 606 14.13 23.19 0.22 0.37
4 E 3234 3079 1.11 64.37 0.75 0.86
4 E 3234 3079 1.11 64.34 0.75 0.86
5 E 1490 1419 6.46 10.13 0.75 0.86
5 E 1490 1419 6.47 10.05 0.75 0.86
6 E 995 948 5.40 3.72 0.75 0.86
6 E 995 948 5.39 3.73 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8279.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9522) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7883.2 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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
ABC
5.21473 0.32008 0.32008

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.519
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.419
H3 0.000 1.034 -1.854
H4 0.895 -0.517 -1.854
H5 -0.895 -0.517 -1.854

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4 H5
C11.93831.08711.08711.0871
Br21.93832.49792.49792.4979
H31.08712.49791.79101.7910
H41.08712.49791.79101.7910
H51.08712.49791.79101.7910

picture of methyl bromide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 107.976 Br2 C1 H4 107.976
Br2 C1 H5 107.976 H3 C1 H4 110.924
H3 C1 H5 110.924 H4 C1 H5 110.924
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.425      
2 Br -0.163      
3 H 0.196      
4 H 0.196      
5 H 0.196      


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 -2.118 2.118
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.136 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -26.136 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.135
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.001 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.001 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.001
Polar
3z2-r28.002
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 3.778 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.784 -0.002
z 0.000 -0.002 5.753


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 49.014
(<r2>)1/2 7.001