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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-572.488095
Energy at 298.15K-572.491740
HF Energy-572.488095
Nuclear repulsion energy103.592934
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 wB97X-D/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' 3182 3016 6.16      
2 A' 3077 2916 17.20      
3 A' 1577 1495 13.16      
4 A' 1490 1412 2.86      
5 A' 1183 1121 7.23      
6 A' 981 930 24.44      
7 A' 668 633 6.60      
8 A' 366 347 4.38      
9 A" 3157 2992 26.68      
10 A" 1534 1454 13.95      
11 A" 1162 1102 0.00      
12 A" 240 227 3.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9307.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9478) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8822.1 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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
ABC
1.33384 0.19957 0.17959

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.796 0.000
Cl2 -0.830 -0.701 0.000
C3 1.445 0.618 0.000
H4 1.833 1.639 0.000
H5 1.808 0.096 0.893
H6 1.808 0.096 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.71181.45562.01732.13412.1341
Cl21.71182.62983.54502.89642.8964
C31.45562.62981.09201.09621.0962
H42.01733.54501.09201.78331.7833
H52.13412.89641.09621.78331.7851
H62.13412.89641.09621.78331.7851

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 103.802 O1 C3 H5 112.752
O1 C3 H6 112.752 Cl2 O1 C3 112.004
H4 C3 H5 109.162 H4 C3 H6 109.162
H5 C3 H6 109.018
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.416      
2 Cl 0.096      
3 C -0.388      
4 H 0.252      
5 H 0.228      
6 H 0.228      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.272 -0.216 0.000 2.282
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.668 2.186 0.000
y 2.186 -24.305 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.055
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.012 2.186 0.000
y 2.186 -0.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.069
Polar
3z2-r2-4.137
x2-y22.637
xy2.186
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.149 1.339 0.000
y 1.339 3.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.432


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 69.228
(<r2>)1/2 8.320