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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.396677
Energy at 298.15K-499.399668
HF Energy-499.098739
Nuclear repulsion energy51.498651
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 MP2=FULL/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 3164 2972 26.22 113.70 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1460 1371 20.64 2.53 0.71 0.83
3 A1 781 734 23.75 18.17 0.26 0.41
4 E 3282 3083 5.61 59.82 0.75 0.86
4 E 3282 3083 5.61 59.82 0.75 0.86
5 E 1528 1435 4.92 11.10 0.75 0.86
5 E 1528 1435 4.92 11.10 0.75 0.86
6 E 1075 1009 2.96 4.53 0.75 0.86
6 E 1075 1009 2.96 4.53 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8587.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8065.4 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
5.30586 0.44672 0.44672

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.121
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.655
H3 0.000 1.025 -1.472
H4 0.888 -0.513 -1.472
H5 -0.888 -0.513 -1.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77631.08361.08361.0836
Cl21.77632.36162.36162.3616
H31.08362.36161.77551.7755
H41.08362.36161.77551.7755
H51.08362.36161.77551.7755

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 108.912 Cl2 C1 H4 108.912
Cl2 C1 H5 108.912 H3 C1 H4 110.025
H3 C1 H5 110.025 H4 C1 H5 110.025
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability