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All results from a given calculation for CH3Br (methyl bromide)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2613.588566
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2613.588566
Nuclear repulsion energy88.297201
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 A1 3011 2993 14.87      
2 A1 1257 1250 20.47      
3 A1 593 590 10.52      
4 E 3133 3115 1.50      
4 E 3133 3115 1.50      
5 E 1394 1386 6.27      
5 E 1394 1386 6.27      
6 E 919 914 6.26      
6 E 919 914 6.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7877.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7831.7 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
5.05776 0.31387 0.31387

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.533
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.423
H3 0.000 1.050 -1.873
H4 0.909 -0.525 -1.873
H5 -0.909 -0.525 -1.873

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4 H5
C11.95681.10351.10351.1035
Br21.95682.52522.52522.5252
H31.10352.52521.81861.8186
H41.10352.52521.81861.8186
H51.10352.52521.81861.8186

picture of methyl bromide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 107.929 Br2 C1 H4 107.929
Br2 C1 H5 107.929 H3 C1 H4 110.969
H3 C1 H5 110.969 H4 C1 H5 110.969
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 C -0.159      
2 Br -0.117      
3 H 0.092      
4 H 0.092      
5 H 0.092      


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 -1.764 1.764
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.535 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -25.535 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.900
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.817 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.817 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.634
Polar
3z2-r27.269
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 2.999 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.999 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.480


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 49.408
(<r2>)1/2 7.029