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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.861612
Energy at 298.15K-499.864532
HF Energy-499.861612
Nuclear repulsion energy50.770237
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 2999 2981 21.96 139.87 0.00 0.01
2 A1 1304 1296 13.35 3.87 0.37 0.54
3 A1 718 714 24.45 10.42 0.30 0.47
4 E 3112 3094 4.60 65.09 0.75 0.86
4 E 3112 3094 4.60 65.09 0.75 0.86
5 E 1402 1394 6.15 13.40 0.75 0.86
5 E 1402 1394 6.15 13.40 0.75 0.86
6 E 979 973 4.02 5.55 0.75 0.86
6 E 979 973 4.02 5.55 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8002.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7956.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.08267 0.43540 0.43540

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.136
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.664
H3 0.000 1.047 -1.488
H4 0.907 -0.524 -1.488
H5 -0.907 -0.524 -1.488

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79951.10491.10491.1049
Cl21.79952.39272.39272.3927
H31.10492.39271.81411.8141
H41.10492.39271.81411.8141
H51.10492.39271.81411.8141

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 108.565 Cl2 C1 H4 108.565
Cl2 C1 H5 108.565 H3 C1 H4 110.362
H3 C1 H5 110.362 H4 C1 H5 110.362
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.122      
2 Cl -0.143      
3 H 0.088      
4 H 0.088      
5 H 0.088      


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 -1.859 1.859
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.668 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.668 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.932
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.868 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.868 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.736
Polar
3z2-r23.471
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 2.492 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.492 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.371


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.082
(<r2>)1/2 6.089