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

using model chemistry: HF/cc-pV(T+d)Z

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/cc-pV(T+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.148911
Energy at 298.15K-499.151920
HF Energy-499.148911
Nuclear repulsion energy51.506744
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 HF/cc-pV(T+d)Z
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 3214 2926 32.65      
2 A1 1504 1369 21.32      
3 A1 773 703 43.07      
4 E 3311 3014 9.36      
4 E 3311 3014 9.36      
5 E 1603 1459 5.50      
5 E 1603 1459 5.50      
6 E 1116 1016 1.85      
6 E 1116 1016 1.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8775.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9103) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7988.4 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 HF/cc-pV(T+d)Z
ABC
5.34002 0.44580 0.44580

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/cc-pV(T+d)Z

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.656
H3 0.000 1.022 -1.465
H4 0.885 -0.511 -1.465
H5 -0.885 -0.511 -1.465

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78161.07651.07651.0765
Cl21.78162.35382.35382.3538
H31.07652.35381.76981.7698
H41.07652.35381.76981.7698
H51.07652.35381.76981.7698

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 108.342 Cl2 C1 H4 108.342
Cl2 C1 H5 108.342 H3 C1 H4 110.576
H3 C1 H5 110.576 H4 C1 H5 110.576
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pV(T+d)Z Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.143      
2 Cl -0.210      
3 H 0.118      
4 H 0.118      
5 H 0.118      


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 -2.131 2.131
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.898 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.898 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.134
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.882 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.882 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.764
Polar
3z2-r23.529
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 2.940 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.693


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.545
(<r2>)1/2 6.045