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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.569781
Energy at 298.15K-499.572764
HF Energy-499.147851
Nuclear repulsion energy51.619052
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-pVTZ
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 3135 2976 21.70 131.41 0.00 0.01
2 A1 1405 1334 11.69 0.59 0.31 0.47
3 A1 776 737 22.27 13.78 0.26 0.41
4 E 3228 3065 3.48 51.18 0.75 0.86
4 E 3228 3065 3.48 51.18 0.75 0.86
5 E 1516 1439 5.58 7.39 0.75 0.86
5 E 1516 1439 5.58 7.39 0.75 0.86
6 E 1048 995 2.64 2.33 0.75 0.86
6 E 1048 995 2.64 2.33 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8449.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8022.2 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.32336 0.44875 0.44875

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.654
H3 0.000 1.023 -1.465
H4 0.886 -0.512 -1.465
H5 -0.886 -0.512 -1.465

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77361.08001.08001.0800
Cl21.77362.35272.35272.3527
H31.08002.35271.77261.7726
H41.08002.35271.77261.7726
H51.08002.35271.77261.7726

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 108.621 Cl2 C1 H4 108.621
Cl2 C1 H5 108.621 H3 C1 H4 110.308
H3 C1 H5 110.308 H4 C1 H5 110.308
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability