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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.164478
Energy at 298.15K-500.167424
HF Energy-500.164478
Nuclear repulsion energy51.010536
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 B3LYP/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 3072 2969 23.18 139.67 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1377 1331 12.51 0.80 0.26 0.41
3 A1 710 686 26.69 14.34 0.27 0.42
4 E 3167 3061 5.72 56.40 0.75 0.86
4 E 3167 3061 5.72 56.40 0.75 0.86
5 E 1483 1434 5.92 7.55 0.75 0.86
5 E 1483 1434 5.92 7.55 0.75 0.86
6 E 1026 991 2.72 2.81 0.75 0.86
6 E 1026 991 2.72 2.81 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8255.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9666) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7979.3 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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.25404 0.43685 0.43685

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.138
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.662
H3 0.000 1.030 -1.478
H4 0.892 -0.515 -1.478
H5 -0.892 -0.515 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80061.08471.08471.0847
Cl21.80062.37522.37522.3752
H31.08472.37521.78431.7843
H41.08472.37521.78431.7843
H51.08472.37521.78431.7843

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 108.245 Cl2 C1 H4 108.245
Cl2 C1 H5 108.245 H3 C1 H4 110.669
H3 C1 H5 110.669 H4 C1 H5 110.669
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.201      
2 Cl -0.169      
3 H 0.123      
4 H 0.123      
5 H 0.123      


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 -1.972 1.972
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.005 -0.006 -2.030 2.030


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.916 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.916 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.174
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.871 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.871 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.742
Polar
3z2-r23.484
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 3.045 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.045 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.876


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.044
(<r2>)1/2 6.086