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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.213921
Energy at 298.15K-575.217606
HF Energy-575.213921
Nuclear repulsion energy105.132361
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 B3PW91/6-311G**
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' 3125 3009 9.50      
2 A' 3019 2908 32.78      
3 A' 1503 1447 13.62      
4 A' 1451 1397 1.59      
5 A' 1197 1152 18.54      
6 A' 1023 985 32.65      
7 A' 660 636 3.67      
8 A' 363 349 3.96      
9 A" 3097 2982 37.37      
10 A" 1451 1398 9.31      
11 A" 1171 1128 0.44      
12 A" 265 255 4.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9161.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8823.5 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 B3PW91/6-311G**
ABC
1.41486 0.20420 0.18480

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.812 0.000
Cl2 -0.808 -0.714 0.000
C3 1.407 0.630 0.000
H4 1.797 1.651 0.000
H5 1.750 0.105 0.897
H6 1.750 0.105 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.72601.41831.98312.08982.0898
Cl21.72602.59033.51792.83172.8317
C31.41832.59031.09321.09481.0948
H41.98313.51791.09321.78841.7884
H52.08982.83171.09481.78841.7947
H62.08982.83171.09481.78841.7947

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 103.536 O1 C3 H5 111.867
O1 C3 H6 111.867 Cl2 O1 C3 110.553
H4 C3 H5 109.637 H4 C3 H6 109.637
H5 C3 H6 110.094
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.387      
2 Cl 0.107      
3 C -0.133      
4 H 0.144      
5 H 0.134      
6 H 0.134      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.981 -0.187 0.000 1.990
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.515 2.253 0.000
y 2.253 -24.328 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.501
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.400 2.253 0.000
y 2.253 -0.320 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.080
Polar
3z2-r2-4.160
x2-y21.813
xy2.253
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.645 1.424 0.000
y 1.424 4.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.767


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.050
(<r2>)1/2 8.249