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All results from a given calculation for CH3I (methyl iodide)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ-PP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ-PP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-335.736391
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-335.736391
Nuclear repulsion energy61.089780
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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ-PP
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 3086 3086 10.78      
2 A1 1277 1277 30.96      
3 A1 526 526 3.18      
4 E 3195 3195 0.72      
4 E 3195 3195 0.72      
5 E 1471 1471 5.29      
5 E 1471 1471 5.29      
6 E 892 892 5.88      
6 E 892 892 5.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8001.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8001.3 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ-PP
ABC
5.21863 0.24561 0.24561

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ-PP

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.835
I2 0.000 0.000 0.330
H3 0.000 1.034 -2.158
H4 0.895 -0.517 -2.158
H5 -0.895 -0.517 -2.158

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 I2 H3 H4 H5
C12.16451.08291.08291.0829
I22.16452.69362.69362.6936
H31.08292.69361.79031.7903
H41.08292.69361.79031.7903
H51.08292.69361.79031.7903

picture of methyl iodide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
I2 C1 H3 107.350 I2 C1 H4 107.350
I2 C1 H5 107.350 H3 C1 H4 111.506
H3 C1 H5 111.506 H4 C1 H5 111.506
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ-PP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.326      
2 I -0.060      
3 H 0.129      
4 H 0.129      
5 H 0.129      


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 -1.697 1.697
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.954 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.954 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.803
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.576 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.576 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.151
Polar
3z2-r210.302
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 5.284 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.284 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.235


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.845
(<r2>)1/2 7.800