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

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

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)/cc-pV(T+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.568486
Energy at 298.15K-499.571451
HF Energy-499.148702
Nuclear repulsion energy51.279763
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)/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 3078 2970        
2 A1 1385 1337        
3 A1 746 720        
4 E 3179 3067        
4 E 3179 3067        
5 E 1493 1441        
5 E 1493 1441        
6 E 1032 996        
6 E 1032 996        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8308.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8017.7 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)/cc-pV(T+d)Z
ABC
5.25526 0.44277 0.44277

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

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 0.658
H3 0.000 1.030 -1.473
H4 0.892 -0.515 -1.473
H5 -0.892 -0.515 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78621.08621.08621.0862
Cl21.78622.36682.36682.3668
H31.08622.36681.78411.7841
H41.08622.36681.78411.7841
H51.08622.36681.78411.7841

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 108.503 Cl2 C1 H4 108.503
Cl2 C1 H5 108.503 H3 C1 H4 110.422
H3 C1 H5 110.422 H4 C1 H5 110.421
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability