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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.411896
Energy at 298.15K-499.414872
HF Energy-499.117526
Nuclear repulsion energy51.180216
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=FULL/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 3123 2969 24.30 125.59 0.01 0.02
2 A1 1392 1323 15.78 1.71 0.42 0.59
3 A1 776 738 23.14 13.94 0.30 0.46
4 E 3246 3085 5.35 61.96 0.75 0.86
4 E 3246 3085 5.35 61.96 0.75 0.86
5 E 1489 1415 5.11 12.73 0.75 0.86
5 E 1489 1415 5.11 12.73 0.75 0.86
6 E 1040 988 3.01 4.77 0.75 0.86
6 E 1040 988 3.01 4.77 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8420.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8002.6 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=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.17044 0.44254 0.44254

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.658
H3 0.000 1.038 -1.479
H4 0.899 -0.519 -1.479
H5 -0.899 -0.519 -1.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78371.09711.09711.0971
Cl21.78372.37662.37662.3766
H31.09712.37661.79861.7986
H41.09712.37661.79861.7986
H51.09712.37661.79861.7986

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 108.826 Cl2 C1 H4 108.826
Cl2 C1 H5 108.826 H3 C1 H4 110.109
H3 C1 H5 110.109 H4 C1 H5 110.109
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability