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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/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(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.575459
Energy at 298.15K-499.578424
HF Energy-499.148759
Nuclear repulsion energy51.173663
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(T)/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 3075 2982        
2 A1 1390 1349        
3 A1 740 718        
4 E 3177 3081        
4 E 3177 3081        
5 E 1500 1455        
5 E 1500 1455        
6 E 1039 1008        
6 E 1039 1007        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8317.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9699) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8067.2 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(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.23191 0.44076 0.44076

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.132
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.659
H3 0.000 1.032 -1.472
H4 0.894 -0.516 -1.472
H5 -0.894 -0.516 -1.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79171.08681.08681.0868
Cl21.79172.36822.36822.3682
H31.08682.36821.78801.7880
H41.08682.36821.78801.7880
H51.08682.36821.78801.7880

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 108.214 Cl2 C1 H4 108.214
Cl2 C1 H5 108.214 H3 C1 H4 110.699
H3 C1 H5 110.699 H4 C1 H5 110.699
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability