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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.006702
Energy at 298.15K-575.010329
HF Energy-575.006702
Nuclear repulsion energy104.879398
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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3035 3014 9.46      
2 A' 2939 2919 33.31      
3 A' 1457 1447 10.70      
4 A' 1395 1385 1.43      
5 A' 1152 1144 14.41      
6 A' 971 964 25.82      
7 A' 655 650 3.38      
8 A' 353 350 3.98      
9 A" 3011 2990 34.06      
10 A" 1399 1389 8.46      
11 A" 1129 1121 0.69      
12 A" 248 246 2.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8871.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8809.8 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.38714 0.20426 0.18443

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.816 0.000
Cl2 -0.812 -0.708 0.000
C3 1.414 0.616 0.000
H4 1.816 1.640 0.000
H5 1.754 0.085 0.902
H6 1.754 0.085 -0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.72731.42781.99432.10362.1036
Cl21.72732.59023.52462.83332.8333
C31.42782.59021.10001.10101.1010
H41.99433.52461.10001.79911.7991
H52.10362.83331.10101.79911.8042
H62.10362.83331.10101.79911.8042

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 103.412 O1 C3 H5 111.931
O1 C3 H6 111.931 Cl2 O1 C3 110.001
H4 C3 H5 109.657 H4 C3 H6 109.657
H5 C3 H6 110.047
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.225      
2 Cl 0.024      
3 C -0.071      
4 H 0.109      
5 H 0.081      
6 H 0.081      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.757 -0.019 0.000 1.757
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.613 2.041 0.000
y 2.041 -24.296 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.441
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.255 2.041 0.000
y 2.041 -0.269 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.986
Polar
3z2-r2-3.973
x2-y21.683
xy2.041
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.457 1.323 0.000
y 1.323 4.901 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.571


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.188
(<r2>)1/2 8.258