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

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.369841
Energy at 298.15K-574.373557
HF Energy-573.898683
Nuclear repulsion energy104.826495
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 MP2/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' 3200 3048 8.97      
2 A' 3069 2923 32.86      
3 A' 1513 1441 10.89      
4 A' 1456 1387 5.50      
5 A' 1198 1141 9.52      
6 A' 1056 1005 38.97      
7 A' 682 650 2.38      
8 A' 370 353 2.85      
9 A" 3167 3016 34.98      
10 A" 1467 1397 6.88      
11 A" 1174 1118 1.56      
12 A" 269 256 2.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9310.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8867.9 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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.36556 0.20520 0.18481

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.825 0.000
Cl2 -0.810 -0.708 0.000
C3 1.410 0.610 0.000
H4 1.828 1.629 0.000
H5 1.744 0.070 0.902
H6 1.744 0.070 -0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.73371.42601.99682.10422.1042
Cl21.73372.58173.52412.81872.8187
C31.42602.58171.10121.10371.1037
H41.99683.52411.10121.80341.8034
H52.10422.81871.10371.80341.8044
H62.10422.81871.10371.80341.8044

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 103.645 O1 C3 H5 111.934
O1 C3 H6 111.934 Cl2 O1 C3 109.198
H4 C3 H5 109.751 H4 C3 H6 109.751
H5 C3 H6 109.662
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability