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All results from a given calculation for CH3Li (methyl lithium)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-47.368475
Energy at 298.15K-47.370855
HF Energy-47.368475
Nuclear repulsion energy16.067467
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 BLYP/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 2901 2886 120.13      
2 A1 1054 1048 23.94      
3 A1 603 599 13.83      
4 E 2971 2955 39.59      
4 E 2971 2955 39.58      
5 E 1420 1412 2.01      
5 E 1420 1412 2.01      
6 E 462 460 167.98      
6 E 462 460 167.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7131.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7093.9 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
5.28960 0.74052 0.74052

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Li1 0.000 0.000 -1.604
C2 0.000 0.000 0.396
H3 0.000 1.027 0.813
H4 -0.889 -0.513 0.813
H5 0.889 -0.513 0.813

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Li1 C2 H3 H4 H5
Li11.99912.62522.62522.6252
C21.99911.10811.10811.1081
H32.62521.10811.77831.7783
H42.62521.10811.77831.7783
H52.62521.10811.77831.7783

picture of methyl lithium state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Li1 C2 H3 112.104 Li1 C2 H4 112.104
Li1 C2 H5 112.104 H3 C2 H4 106.715
H3 C2 H5 106.715 H4 C2 H5 106.715
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Li 0.319      
2 C -0.667      
3 H 0.116      
4 H 0.116      
5 H 0.116      


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 -5.326 5.326
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.471 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.471 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.580
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.946 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.946 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.891
Polar
3z2-r219.783
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 5.580 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.581 0.002
z 0.000 0.002 9.304


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.526
(<r2>)1/2 4.419