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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-47.409951
Energy at 298.15K-47.412360
HF Energy-47.409951
Nuclear repulsion energy16.171984
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 B3LYP/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 2974 2867 103.54      
2 A1 1095 1056 3.13      
3 A1 626 604 26.16      
4 E 3044 2935 44.90      
4 E 3044 2935 44.89      
5 E 1456 1404 1.27      
5 E 1456 1404 1.27      
6 E 467 450 166.42      
6 E 467 450 166.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7314.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7052.6 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
5.36566 0.75046 0.75046

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Li1 0.000 0.000 -1.593
C2 0.000 0.000 0.392
H3 0.000 1.019 0.809
H4 -0.883 -0.510 0.809
H5 0.883 -0.510 0.809

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Li1 C2 H3 H4 H5
Li11.98512.60922.60922.6092
C21.98511.10131.10131.1013
H32.60921.10131.76561.7656
H42.60921.10131.76561.7656
H52.60921.10131.76561.7656

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 112.236 Li1 C2 H4 112.236
Li1 C2 H5 112.236 H3 C2 H4 106.570
H3 C2 H5 106.570 H4 C2 H5 106.570
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Li 0.321      
2 C -0.662      
3 H 0.114      
4 H 0.114      
5 H 0.114      


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 -5.529 5.529
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.151 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.151 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.040
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.056 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.056 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.111
Polar
3z2-r220.223
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 4.853 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.854 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 7.368


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.100
(<r2>)1/2 4.370