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

using model chemistry: CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.559110
Energy at 298.15K-499.562087
HF Energy-499.148843
Nuclear repulsion energy51.316258
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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3096 2959 23.02      
2 A1 1409 1347 12.55      
3 A1 755 722 24.57      
4 E 3196 3055 4.08      
4 E 3196 3055 4.08      
5 E 1513 1446 5.31      
5 E 1513 1446 5.31      
6 E 1052 1005 1.59      
6 E 1052 1005 1.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8391.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8020.1 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.25547 0.44339 0.44339

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.657
H3 0.000 1.030 -1.469
H4 0.892 -0.515 -1.469
H5 -0.892 -0.515 -1.469

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78571.08501.08501.0850
Cl21.78572.36312.36312.3631
H31.08502.36311.78401.7840
H41.08502.36311.78401.7840
H51.08502.36311.78401.7840

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 108.321 Cl2 C1 H4 108.321
Cl2 C1 H5 108.321 H3 C1 H4 110.596
H3 C1 H5 110.596 H4 C1 H5 110.596
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability