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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-571.516507
Energy at 298.15K-571.520142
HF Energy-571.166816
Nuclear repulsion energy102.425537
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3191 3036 8.01      
2 A' 3090 2940 14.97      
3 A' 1608 1530 8.83      
4 A' 1511 1438 6.92      
5 A' 1184 1127 1.64      
6 A' 955 908 20.00      
7 A' 636 605 2.45      
8 A' 357 340 3.89      
9 A" 3172 3017 27.19      
10 A" 1570 1494 7.66      
11 A" 1168 1112 0.19      
12 A" 253 240 3.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9347.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8892.6 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
1.26960 0.19663 0.17602

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.851 0.000
Cl2 -0.840 -0.706 0.000
C3 1.472 0.587 0.000
H4 1.894 1.594 0.000
H5 1.779 0.042 0.897
H6 1.779 0.042 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.76981.49602.03472.15012.1501
Cl21.76982.64983.57352.86802.8680
C31.49602.64981.09201.09281.0928
H42.03473.57351.09201.79571.7957
H52.15012.86801.09281.79571.7933
H62.15012.86801.09281.79571.7933

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 102.540 O1 C3 H5 111.355
O1 C3 H6 111.355 Cl2 O1 C3 108.167
H4 C3 H5 110.555 H4 C3 H6 110.555
H5 C3 H6 110.267
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability