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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.209847
Energy at 298.15K-575.213537
HF Energy-575.209847
Nuclear repulsion energy105.204650
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3131 3014 11.89      
2 A' 3026 2913 36.52      
3 A' 1522 1466 13.29      
4 A' 1465 1410 1.58      
5 A' 1208 1163 17.57      
6 A' 1029 991 34.91      
7 A' 660 636 3.70      
8 A' 364 350 3.96      
9 A" 3104 2988 43.34      
10 A" 1472 1417 9.75      
11 A" 1183 1139 0.50      
12 A" 269 259 4.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9216.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8872.5 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
1.41429 0.20463 0.18514

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.812 0.000
Cl2 -0.807 -0.713 0.000
C3 1.405 0.629 0.000
H4 1.795 1.650 0.000
H5 1.746 0.104 0.897
H6 1.746 0.104 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.72591.41661.98102.08722.0872
Cl21.72592.58723.51512.82692.8269
C31.41662.58721.09291.09441.0944
H41.98103.51511.09291.78831.7883
H52.08722.82691.09441.78831.7944
H62.08722.82691.09441.78831.7944

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 103.502 O1 C3 H5 111.810
O1 C3 H6 111.810 Cl2 O1 C3 110.444
H4 C3 H5 109.690 H4 C3 H6 109.690
H5 C3 H6 110.134
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.372      
2 Cl 0.109      
3 C -0.437      
4 H 0.241      
5 H 0.229      
6 H 0.229      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.987 -0.187 0.000 1.995
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.564 2.247 0.000
y 2.247 -24.341 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.526
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.370 2.247 0.000
y 2.247 -0.296 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.073
Polar
3z2-r2-4.147
x2-y21.777
xy2.247
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.559 1.417 0.000
y 1.417 4.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.730


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 67.966
(<r2>)1/2 8.244