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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.974606
Energy at 298.15K-574.978224
HF Energy-574.974606
Nuclear repulsion energy103.777437
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/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3042 3010 12.93      
2 A' 2941 2911 34.87      
3 A' 1478 1463 13.49      
4 A' 1412 1397 0.56      
5 A' 1164 1152 17.97      
6 A' 971 961 22.59      
7 A' 605 599 4.08      
8 A' 346 343 5.67      
9 A" 3015 2984 46.68      
10 A" 1412 1398 9.81      
11 A" 1143 1131 0.24      
12 A" 271 268 4.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8900.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8807.4 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.37254 0.19933 0.18019

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.832 0.000
Cl2 -0.811 -0.733 0.000
C3 1.412 0.646 0.000
H4 1.793 1.680 0.000
H5 1.764 0.123 0.905
H6 1.764 0.123 -0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.76311.42441.98322.10602.1060
Cl21.76312.61633.55032.86102.8610
C31.42442.61631.10201.10291.1029
H41.98323.55031.10201.80141.8014
H52.10602.86101.10291.80141.8095
H62.10602.86101.10291.80141.8095

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 102.690 O1 C3 H5 112.255
O1 C3 H6 112.255 Cl2 O1 C3 109.876
H4 C3 H5 109.565 H4 C3 H6 109.565
H5 C3 H6 110.232
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.338      
2 Cl 0.093      
3 C -0.443      
4 H 0.238      
5 H 0.225      
6 H 0.225      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.975 -0.068 0.000 1.977
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.848 2.257 0.000
y 2.257 -24.395 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.793
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.246 2.257 0.000
y 2.257 -0.075 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.171
Polar
3z2-r2-4.342
x2-y21.547
xy2.257
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.887 1.547 0.000
y 1.547 4.534 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.832


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 69.471
(<r2>)1/2 8.335