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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-572.273987
Energy at 298.15K-572.277642
HF Energy-572.273987
Nuclear repulsion energy103.541931
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3162 3035 7.30      
2 A' 3061 2939 17.58      
3 A' 1571 1508 13.10      
4 A' 1479 1420 2.66      
5 A' 1175 1128 8.02      
6 A' 977 938 20.77      
7 A' 665 638 6.63      
8 A' 361 346 4.67      
9 A" 3144 3017 27.64      
10 A" 1525 1464 13.40      
11 A" 1156 1109 0.00      
12 A" 255 245 3.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9265.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9599) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8893.6 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 HSEh1PBE/3-21G*
ABC
1.32861 0.19964 0.17956

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.831 0.000
Cl2 -0.830 -0.706 0.000
C3 1.450 0.600 0.000
H4 1.856 1.616 0.000
H5 1.776 0.066 0.897
H6 1.776 0.066 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.74651.46792.01472.13212.1321
Cl21.74652.62693.54982.86192.8619
C31.46792.62691.09391.09431.0943
H42.01473.54981.09391.79311.7931
H52.13212.86191.09431.79311.7943
H62.13212.86191.09431.79311.7943

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 102.733 O1 C3 H5 111.815
O1 C3 H6 111.815 Cl2 O1 C3 109.314
H4 C3 H5 110.056 H4 C3 H6 110.056
H5 C3 H6 110.144
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.407      
2 Cl 0.093      
3 C -0.402      
4 H 0.254      
5 H 0.231      
6 H 0.231      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.233 -0.183 0.000 2.240
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.795 2.166 0.000
y 2.166 -24.319 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.137
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.933 2.166 0.000
y 2.166 -0.853 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.080
Polar
3z2-r2-4.160
x2-y22.524
xy2.166
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.210 1.353 0.000
y 1.353 3.921 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.434


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 69.283
(<r2>)1/2 8.324