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

using model chemistry: CID/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CID/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.405916
Energy at 298.15K-499.408900
HF Energy-499.117628
Nuclear repulsion energy51.153814
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 CID/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 3154 2914 24.31      
2 A1 1418 1310 17.83      
3 A1 777 718 26.39      
4 E 3266 3017 6.91      
4 E 3266 3017 6.91      
5 E 1510 1395 4.81      
5 E 1510 1395 4.81      
6 E 1054 974 2.48      
6 E 1054 974 2.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8503.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7857.5 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 CID/cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.18140 0.44167 0.44167

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.659
H3 0.000 1.037 -1.479
H4 0.898 -0.519 -1.479
H5 -0.898 -0.519 -1.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78641.09521.09521.0952
Cl21.78642.37602.37602.3760
H31.09522.37601.79671.7967
H41.09522.37601.79671.7967
H51.09522.37601.79671.7967

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 108.702 Cl2 C1 H4 108.702
Cl2 C1 H5 108.702 H3 C1 H4 110.229
H3 C1 H5 110.229 H4 C1 H5 110.229
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability