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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.393291
Energy at 298.15K-499.396287
HF Energy-499.097790
Nuclear repulsion energy51.546246
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 MP2=FULL/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 A1 3171 2963 23.14 102.23 0.01 0.02
2 A1 1465 1368 19.07 4.32 0.52 0.68
3 A1 789 737 22.83 14.41 0.31 0.47
4 E 3289 3073 6.60 55.48 0.75 0.86
4 E 3289 3073 6.60 55.48 0.75 0.86
5 E 1546 1444 4.60 16.72 0.75 0.86
5 E 1546 1444 4.60 16.72 0.75 0.86
6 E 1082 1011 3.28 6.93 0.75 0.86
6 E 1082 1011 3.28 6.93 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8629.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8062.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
5.31242 0.44766 0.44766

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.119
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.655
H3 0.000 1.024 -1.472
H4 0.887 -0.512 -1.472
H5 -0.887 -0.512 -1.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.77411.08331.08331.0833
Cl21.77412.36022.36022.3602
H31.08332.36021.77441.7744
H41.08332.36021.77441.7744
H51.08332.36021.77441.7744

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 108.973 Cl2 C1 H4 108.973
Cl2 C1 H5 108.973 H3 C1 H4 109.965
H3 C1 H5 109.965 H4 C1 H5 109.965
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability