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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.063717
Energy at 298.15K-574.067332
HF Energy-573.801036
Nuclear repulsion energy100.753237
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 CID/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' 3200 2993 9.40      
2 A' 3099 2898 17.70      
3 A' 1583 1481 10.98      
4 A' 1515 1417 4.86      
5 A' 1203 1125 4.96      
6 A' 995 931 31.03      
7 A' 645 603 2.59      
8 A' 345 323 4.18      
9 A" 3190 2983 31.70      
10 A" 1546 1446 9.05      
11 A" 1187 1110 1.18      
12 A" 236 221 4.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9371.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8764.3 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 CID/6-31G
ABC
1.32615 0.18557 0.16808

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.861 0.000
Cl2 -0.833 -0.770 0.000
C3 1.458 0.692 0.000
H4 1.822 1.723 0.000
H5 1.793 0.168 0.899
H6 1.793 0.168 -0.899

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.83151.46802.01542.12262.1226
Cl21.83152.71773.64182.93012.9301
C31.46802.71771.09351.09341.0934
H42.01543.64181.09351.79681.7968
H52.12262.93011.09341.79681.7984
H62.12262.93011.09341.79681.7984

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 102.797 O1 C3 H5 111.090
O1 C3 H6 111.090 Cl2 O1 C3 110.428
H4 C3 H5 110.492 H4 C3 H6 110.492
H5 C3 H6 110.644
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability