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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.945862
Energy at 298.15K-574.949477
HF Energy-574.945862
Nuclear repulsion energy103.717002
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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3043 3025 9.04      
2 A' 2930 2913 32.30      
3 A' 1433 1425 13.24      
4 A' 1368 1360 1.95      
5 A' 1142 1136 17.98      
6 A' 976 970 20.17      
7 A' 629 625 4.12      
8 A' 348 346 5.39      
9 A" 3012 2995 38.25      
10 A" 1362 1354 8.62      
11 A" 1113 1107 0.55      
12 A" 261 259 3.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8808.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8757.0 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.36837 0.19937 0.18023

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.831 0.000
Cl2 -0.813 -0.731 0.000
C3 1.412 0.643 0.000
H4 1.795 1.686 0.000
H5 1.775 0.118 0.911
H6 1.775 0.118 -0.911

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.76061.42431.98812.11832.1183
Cl21.76062.61493.55552.87122.8712
C31.42432.61491.11091.11231.1123
H41.98813.55551.11091.81391.8139
H52.11832.87121.11231.81391.8212
H62.11832.87121.11231.81391.8212

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 102.594 O1 C3 H5 112.671
O1 C3 H6 112.671 Cl2 O1 C3 109.932
H4 C3 H5 109.355 H4 C3 H6 109.355
H5 C3 H6 109.903
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.296      
2 Cl 0.063      
3 C 0.074      
4 H 0.067      
5 H 0.046      
6 H 0.046      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.745 -0.058 0.000 1.746
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.372 2.126 0.000
y 2.126 -23.854 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.196
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.154 2.126 0.000
y 2.126 -0.071 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.083
Polar
3z2-r2-4.166
x2-y21.483
xy2.126
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.797 1.464 0.000
y 1.464 4.417 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.852


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 69.197
(<r2>)1/2 8.318