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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.893789
Energy at 298.15K-499.896755
HF Energy-499.893789
Nuclear repulsion energy51.295684
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 PBE1PBE/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 3100 2961 23.86 126.80 0.00 0.01
2 A1 1402 1339 13.66 3.29 0.63 0.77
3 A1 756 722 27.89 16.11 0.26 0.41
4 E 3210 3066 4.01 64.76 0.75 0.86
4 E 3210 3066 4.01 64.76 0.75 0.86
5 E 1484 1418 7.67 11.09 0.75 0.86
5 E 1484 1418 7.67 11.09 0.75 0.86
6 E 1043 996 4.44 4.62 0.75 0.86
6 E 1043 996 4.44 4.62 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8365.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7991.3 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 PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
5.23541 0.44366 0.44366

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.658
H3 0.000 1.032 -1.476
H4 0.894 -0.516 -1.476
H5 -0.894 -0.516 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78271.08991.08991.0899
Cl21.78272.36962.36962.3696
H31.08992.36961.78741.7874
H41.08992.36961.78741.7874
H51.08992.36961.78741.7874

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 108.756 Cl2 C1 H4 108.756
Cl2 C1 H5 108.756 H3 C1 H4 110.177
H3 C1 H5 110.177 H4 C1 H5 110.177
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.615      
2 Cl -0.021      
3 H 0.212      
4 H 0.212      
5 H 0.212      


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 -2.123 2.123
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.987 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.987 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.258
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.865 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.865 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.729
Polar
3z2-r23.458
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 2.862 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.862 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.386


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.796
(<r2>)1/2 6.066