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

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 C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.895879
Energy at 298.15K-499.898808
HF Energy-499.895879
Nuclear repulsion energy50.986421
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 A1 3002 2982 22.90 146.03 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1326 1316 9.47 1.87 0.29 0.45
3 A1 713 708 22.66 11.13 0.25 0.40
4 E 3099 3078 5.55 57.51 0.75 0.86
4 E 3099 3078 5.55 57.51 0.75 0.86
5 E 1430 1420 6.05 8.01 0.75 0.86
5 E 1430 1420 6.05 8.01 0.75 0.86
6 E 993 986 3.28 2.95 0.75 0.86
6 E 993 986 3.28 2.95 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8041.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7986.1 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
5.17756 0.43799 0.43799

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.134
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.662
H3 0.000 1.038 -1.480
H4 0.899 -0.519 -1.480
H5 -0.899 -0.519 -1.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79601.09381.09381.0938
Cl21.79602.37982.37982.3798
H31.09382.37981.79741.7974
H41.09382.37981.79741.7974
H51.09382.37981.79741.7974

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 108.423 Cl2 C1 H4 108.423
Cl2 C1 H5 108.423 H3 C1 H4 110.499
H3 C1 H5 110.499 H4 C1 H5 110.499
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 C -0.214      
2 Cl -0.156      
3 H 0.124      
4 H 0.124      
5 H 0.124      


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 -1.887 1.887
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.891 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.891 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.153
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.869 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.869 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.738
Polar
3z2-r23.475
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 3.119 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.119 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.927


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.025
(<r2>)1/2 6.085