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

using model chemistry: CID/cc-pVTZ

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.512396
Energy at 298.15K-499.515388
HF Energy-499.147890
Nuclear repulsion energy51.545018
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-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 A1 3163 2930 23.04      
2 A1 1435 1330 14.14      
3 A1 778 721 26.87      
4 E 3265 3025 5.27      
4 E 3265 3025 5.27      
5 E 1538 1425 5.42      
5 E 1538 1425 5.42      
6 E 1067 989 2.16      
6 E 1067 989 2.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8557.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9265) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7928.8 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 CID/cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.32751 0.44704 0.44704

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.123
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.655
H3 0.000 1.023 -1.466
H4 0.886 -0.512 -1.466
H5 -0.886 -0.512 -1.466

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77761.07931.07931.0793
Cl21.77762.35522.35522.3552
H31.07932.35521.77191.7719
H41.07932.35521.77191.7719
H51.07932.35521.77191.7719

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 108.580 Cl2 C1 H4 108.580
Cl2 C1 H5 108.580 H3 C1 H4 110.348
H3 C1 H5 110.348 H4 C1 H5 110.348
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability