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All results from a given calculation for HCCl (Chloromethylene)

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
2 1 yes CS 3A"

State 1 (1A')

Jump to S2C1
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-495.708635
Energy at 298.15K-495.708462
HF Energy-495.495475
Nuclear repulsion energy37.708574
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 CID/3-21G*
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' 2863 2664 88.16      
2 A' 1288 1199 12.46      
3 A' 712 663 136.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2431.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2262.5 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
15.65724 0.56759 0.54773

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.045 1.226 0.000
Cl2 0.045 -0.520 0.000
H3 -1.045 1.475 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3
C11.74611.1187
Cl21.74612.2732
H31.11872.2732

picture of Chloromethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 102.824
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 2 (3A")

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-495.725763
Energy at 298.15K-495.725607
HF Energy-495.531914
Nuclear repulsion energy38.335975
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 CID/3-21G*
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' 1031 959 0.14      
2 A' 837 779 43.45      
3 A' 3250 3024 5.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2558.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2380.8 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
25.12289 0.57359 0.56078

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.037 1.176 0.000
Cl2 0.037 -0.521 0.000
H3 -0.844 1.807 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3
C11.69791.0831
Cl21.69792.4891
H31.08312.4891

picture of Chloromethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 125.577
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability