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

using model chemistry: ROHF/cc-pVTZ-PP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at ROHF/cc-pVTZ-PP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-334.291255
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-334.291255
Nuclear repulsion energy61.610278
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 ROHF/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 3226 3226 22.88      
2 A1 1401 1401 55.70      
3 A1 566 566 9.02      
4 E 3337 3337 1.64      
4 E 3337 3337 1.64      
5 E 1588 1588 5.15      
5 E 1588 1588 5.15      
6 E 975 975 5.48      
6 E 975 975 5.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8496.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8496.2 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 ROHF/cc-pVTZ-PP
ABC
5.30633 0.24991 0.24991

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.818
I2 0.000 0.000 0.327
H3 0.000 1.025 -2.142
H4 0.888 -0.513 -2.142
H5 -0.888 -0.513 -2.142

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 I2 H3 H4 H5
C12.14491.07491.07491.0749
I22.14492.67292.67292.6729
H31.07492.67291.77551.7755
H41.07492.67291.77551.7755
H51.07492.67291.77551.7755

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 107.521 I2 C1 H4 107.521
I2 C1 H5 107.521 H3 C1 H4 111.349
H3 C1 H5 111.349 H4 C1 H5 111.349
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/cc-pVTZ-PP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.301      
2 I -0.084      
3 H 0.128      
4 H 0.128      
5 H 0.128      


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 -1.988 1.988
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.183 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.184 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 -29.699
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.742 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.743 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 5.485
Polar
3z2-r210.969
x2-y20.001
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz-0.001


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.246
(<r2>)1/2 7.762