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All results from a given calculation for CH3Li (methyl lithium)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-47.318642
Energy at 298.15K-47.321004
HF Energy-47.318642
Nuclear repulsion energy16.123792
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 PBE1PBE/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 2987 2872 71.30      
2 A1 1077 1036 14.56      
3 A1 634 610 23.25      
4 E 3068 2950 39.46      
4 E 3068 2950 39.45      
5 E 1419 1365 6.04      
5 E 1419 1365 6.04      
6 E 436 420 190.43      
6 E 436 420 190.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7273.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6993.2 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.35519 0.75187 0.75187

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Li1 0.000 0.000 -1.592
C2 0.000 0.000 0.386
H3 0.000 1.020 0.820
H4 -0.884 -0.510 0.820
H5 0.884 -0.510 0.820

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Li1 C2 H3 H4 H5
Li11.97752.61862.61862.6186
C21.97751.10891.10891.1089
H32.61861.10891.76731.7673
H42.61861.10891.76731.7673
H52.61861.10891.76731.7673

picture of methyl lithium state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Li1 C2 H3 113.045 Li1 C2 H4 113.045
Li1 C2 H5 113.045 H3 C2 H4 105.673
H3 C2 H5 105.673 H4 C2 H5 105.673
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Li 0.245      
2 C -0.327      
3 H 0.028      
4 H 0.028      
5 H 0.028      


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 -5.417 5.417
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.856 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.856 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.263
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.297 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.297 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.593
Polar
3z2-r221.186
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 4.476 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.849


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 18.834
(<r2>)1/2 4.340