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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: HF/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-573.900814
Energy at 298.15K-573.904613
HF Energy-573.900814
Nuclear repulsion energy106.767818
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 HF/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3303 2999 15.29      
2 A' 3192 2898 42.16      
3 A' 1607 1459 12.58      
4 A' 1567 1423 12.67      
5 A' 1298 1178 17.94      
6 A' 1151 1045 81.57      
7 A' 771 700 7.59      
8 A' 399 362 2.36      
9 A" 3281 2979 42.49      
10 A" 1575 1430 7.33      
11 A" 1261 1145 3.17      
12 A" 254 231 3.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9829.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.908) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8925.0 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 HF/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.48741 0.20920 0.19006

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.780 0.000
Cl2 -0.804 -0.693 0.000
C3 1.400 0.620 0.000
H4 1.793 1.636 0.000
H5 1.737 0.093 0.893
H6 1.737 0.093 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.67891.40931.98672.07022.0702
Cl21.67892.56603.48852.80552.8055
C31.40932.56601.08871.09051.0905
H41.98673.48851.08871.78351.7835
H52.07022.80551.09051.78351.7866
H62.07022.80551.09051.78351.7866

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 104.637 O1 C3 H5 111.182
O1 C3 H6 111.182 Cl2 O1 C3 112.095
H4 C3 H5 109.853 H4 C3 H6 109.853
H5 C3 H6 110.008
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.449      
2 Cl 0.123      
3 C 0.186      
4 H 0.060      
5 H 0.040      
6 H 0.040      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.936 -0.332 0.000 1.964
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.192 2.230 0.000
y 2.230 -24.331 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.202
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.575 2.230 0.000
y 2.230 -0.634 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.941
Polar
3z2-r2-3.881
x2-y22.139
xy2.230
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.142 1.307 0.000
y 1.307 4.074 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.633


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.576
(<r2>)1/2 8.159