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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.974246
Energy at 298.15K-499.977206
HF Energy-499.852779
Nuclear repulsion energy51.199130
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 B2PLYP/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 3096 2970 23.50 137.24 0.00 0.01
2 A1 1391 1334 13.13 0.67 0.27 0.42
3 A1 732 702 26.05 14.67 0.26 0.42
4 E 3196 3066 5.25 54.84 0.75 0.86
4 E 3196 3066 5.25 54.84 0.75 0.86
5 E 1499 1438 5.64 7.46 0.75 0.86
5 E 1499 1438 5.64 7.46 0.75 0.86
6 E 1037 995 2.53 2.64 0.75 0.86
6 E 1037 995 2.53 2.64 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8340.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8002.0 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 B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.27377 0.44054 0.44054

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.133
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.660
H3 0.000 1.028 -1.473
H4 0.890 -0.514 -1.473
H5 -0.890 -0.514 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79221.08321.08321.0832
Cl21.79222.36792.36792.3679
H31.08322.36791.78091.7809
H41.08322.36791.78091.7809
H51.08322.36791.78091.7809

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 108.337 Cl2 C1 H4 108.337
Cl2 C1 H5 108.337 H3 C1 H4 110.582
H3 C1 H5 110.582 H4 C1 H5 110.582
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.223      
2 Cl -0.167      
3 H 0.130      
4 H 0.130      
5 H 0.130      


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 -1.954 1.954
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.930 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.930 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.212
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.859 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.859 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.718
Polar
3z2-r23.436
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 3.012 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.012 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.807


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.864
(<r2>)1/2 6.072