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All results from a given calculation for CH3Br (methyl bromide)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2612.288543
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2611.989446
Nuclear repulsion energy88.583176
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 CCSD(T)/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 A1 3074 2959        
2 A1 1378 1326        
3 A1 615 592        
4 E 3182 3063        
4 E 3182 3063        
5 E 1499 1443        
5 E 1499 1443        
6 E 988 951        
6 E 988 951        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8202.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9626) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7895.3 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 CCSD(T)/6-311G*
ABC
5.19465 0.31510 0.31510

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.531
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.423
H3 0.000 1.036 -1.871
H4 0.897 -0.518 -1.871
H5 -0.897 -0.518 -1.871

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4 H5
C11.95351.09041.09041.0904
Br21.95352.51682.51682.5168
H31.09042.51681.79441.7944
H41.09042.51681.79441.7944
H51.09042.51681.79441.7944

picture of methyl bromide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 108.176 Br2 C1 H4 108.176
Br2 C1 H5 108.176 H3 C1 H4 110.735
H3 C1 H5 110.735 H4 C1 H5 110.735
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability