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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.432653
Energy at 298.15K-499.435632
HF Energy-499.125590
Nuclear repulsion energy51.176993
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 QCISD/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 3083 2952 28.28      
2 A1 1443 1381 14.98      
3 A1 758 726 24.87      
4 E 3183 3048 9.86      
4 E 3183 3048 9.86      
5 E 1509 1445 5.68      
5 E 1509 1445 5.68      
6 E 1067 1022 6.16      
6 E 1067 1022 6.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8402.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9574) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8044.2 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 QCISD/6-311G*
ABC
5.23267 0.44117 0.44117

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.129
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.659
H3 0.000 1.032 -1.479
H4 0.894 -0.516 -1.479
H5 -0.894 -0.516 -1.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78821.09001.09001.0900
Cl21.78822.37442.37442.3744
H31.09002.37441.78791.7879
H41.09002.37441.78791.7879
H51.09002.37441.78791.7879

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 108.734 Cl2 C1 H4 108.734
Cl2 C1 H5 108.734 H3 C1 H4 110.198
H3 C1 H5 110.198 H4 C1 H5 110.198
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability