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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.091235
Energy at 298.15K-574.094797
HF Energy-573.798919
Nuclear repulsion energy99.794193
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 CCD/6-31G
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' 3135 3008 10.57      
2 A' 3036 2913 16.41      
3 A' 1555 1492 9.84      
4 A' 1485 1425 2.55      
5 A' 1174 1126 1.78      
6 A' 962 923 22.76      
7 A' 603 579 0.81      
8 A' 334 321 4.54      
9 A" 3127 3001 32.69      
10 A" 1517 1456 8.09      
11 A" 1160 1113 0.95      
12 A" 234 224 4.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9161.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9595) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8790.5 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 CCD/6-31G
ABC
1.28914 0.18255 0.16507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.878 0.000
Cl2 -0.837 -0.781 0.000
C3 1.466 0.697 0.000
H4 1.836 1.732 0.000
H5 1.801 0.169 0.904
H6 1.801 0.169 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.85871.47722.02512.13602.1360
Cl21.85872.73693.66942.94622.9462
C31.47722.73691.09931.09901.0990
H42.02513.66941.09931.80591.8059
H52.13602.94621.09901.80591.8078
H62.13602.94621.09901.80591.8078

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 102.635 O1 C3 H5 111.175
O1 C3 H6 111.175 Cl2 O1 C3 109.730
H4 C3 H5 110.469 H4 C3 H6 110.469
H5 C3 H6 110.669
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability