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

using model chemistry: MP2/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.191024
Energy at 298.15K-499.193939
HF Energy-499.051135
Nuclear repulsion energy49.115504
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/SDD
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 3082 2975 29.34 129.79 0.02 0.04
2 A1 1417 1368 14.24 0.44 0.19 0.31
3 A1 657 634 17.79 33.94 0.32 0.48
4 E 3224 3113 19.79 49.08 0.75 0.86
4 E 3224 3113 19.79 49.08 0.75 0.86
5 E 1512 1459 7.42 17.38 0.75 0.86
5 E 1512 1459 7.42 17.38 0.75 0.86
6 E 1021 986 4.58 13.14 0.75 0.86
6 E 1021 986 4.58 13.14 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8334.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8045.3 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 MP2/SDD
ABC
5.10300 0.39989 0.39989

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/SDD

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.198
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.692
H3 0.000 1.045 -1.528
H4 0.905 -0.523 -1.528
H5 -0.905 -0.523 -1.528

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.89051.09611.09611.0961
Cl21.89052.45412.45412.4541
H31.09612.45411.81051.8105
H41.09612.45411.81051.8105
H51.09612.45411.81051.8105

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 107.516 Cl2 C1 H4 107.516
Cl2 C1 H5 107.516 H3 C1 H4 111.354
H3 C1 H5 111.354 H4 C1 H5 111.354
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability