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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-497.805894
Energy at 298.15K-497.808832
HF Energy-497.805894
Nuclear repulsion energy50.517098
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 B3LYP/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 A1 3097 2980 16.25 99.48 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1430 1376 8.38 4.53 0.54 0.70
3 A1 675 650 27.49 15.38 0.32 0.49
4 E 3193 3071 5.01 54.89 0.75 0.86
4 E 3193 3071 5.01 54.89 0.75 0.86
5 E 1547 1488 10.01 20.22 0.75 0.86
5 E 1547 1488 10.01 20.22 0.75 0.86
6 E 1051 1011 6.48 8.56 0.75 0.86
6 E 1051 1011 6.48 8.57 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8391.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8072.8 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 B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
5.20585 0.42730 0.42730

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.152
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.670
H3 0.000 1.035 -1.491
H4 0.896 -0.517 -1.491
H5 -0.896 -0.517 -1.491

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.82221.08891.08891.0889
Cl21.82222.39612.39612.3961
H31.08892.39611.79251.7925
H41.08892.39611.79251.7925
H51.08892.39611.79251.7925

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 108.127 Cl2 C1 H4 108.127
Cl2 C1 H5 108.127 H3 C1 H4 110.782
H3 C1 H5 110.782 H4 C1 H5 110.782
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.647      
2 Cl -0.080      
3 H 0.243      
4 H 0.243      
5 H 0.243      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.122 2.122
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.858 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.858 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.985
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.936 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.936 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.873
Polar
3z2-r23.746
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.240 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.240 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.050


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.493
(<r2>)1/2 6.123