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All results from a given calculation for CH3Cl (Methyl chloride)

using model chemistry: HF/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 HF/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.117853
Energy at 298.15K-499.120852
HF Energy-499.117853
Nuclear repulsion energy51.209518
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 A1 3234 2937 31.42 134.82 0.01 0.02
2 A1 1480 1344 25.03 0.23 0.24 0.39
3 A1 766 696 47.26 21.98 0.32 0.49
4 E 3352 3043 7.52 68.13 0.75 0.86
4 E 3352 3043 7.52 68.13 0.75 0.86
5 E 1580 1434 5.72 11.30 0.75 0.86
5 E 1580 1434 5.72 11.30 0.75 0.86
6 E 1102 1000 2.40 4.48 0.75 0.86
6 E 1102 1000 2.40 4.48 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8773.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.908) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7965.9 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 HF/cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.24534 0.44122 0.44122

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.132
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.659
H3 0.000 1.031 -1.471
H4 0.893 -0.515 -1.471
H5 -0.893 -0.515 -1.471

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79091.08531.08531.0853
Cl21.79092.36632.36632.3663
H31.08532.36631.78571.7857
H41.08532.36631.78571.7857
H51.08532.36631.78571.7857

picture of Methyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 108.198 Cl2 C1 H4 108.198
Cl2 C1 H5 108.198 H3 C1 H4 110.714
H3 C1 H5 110.714 H4 C1 H5 110.714
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.055      
2 Cl -0.199      
3 H 0.085      
4 H 0.085      
5 H 0.085      


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 -2.208 2.208
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.829 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.829 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.107
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.861 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.861 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.722
Polar
3z2-r23.443
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 2.358 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.358 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.286


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.776
(<r2>)1/2 6.064