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All results from a given calculation for CH3I (methyl iodide)

using model chemistry: B1B95/LANL2DZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-51.227153
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-51.227153
Nuclear repulsion energy23.945948
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 B1B95/LANL2DZ
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 3250 3250 5.63      
2 A 3247 3247 5.66      
3 A 3103 3103 18.10      
4 A 1487 1487 13.42      
4 A 1487 1487 13.46      
5 A 1286 1286 9.74      
5 A 918 918 16.10      
6 A 916 916 16.03      
6 A 2195i 2195i 3.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6749.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6749.6 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 B1B95/LANL2DZ
ABC
5.19241 0.24256 0.24256

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.845 0.000 -0.000
I2 -0.332 -0.000 0.000
H3 2.176 -0.701 -0.763
H4 2.176 1.011 -0.225
H5 2.176 -0.311 0.989

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 I2 H3 H4 H5
C12.17691.08801.08761.0879
I22.17692.71352.71342.7136
H31.08802.71351.79511.7945
H41.08762.71341.79511.7949
H51.08792.71361.79451.7949

picture of methyl iodide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
I2 C1 H3 107.710 I2 C1 H4 107.717
I2 C1 H5 107.718 H3 C1 H4 111.200
H3 C1 H5 111.125 H4 C1 H5 111.183
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.897      
2 I 0.063      
3 H 0.278      
4 H 0.278      
5 H 0.278      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.818 -0.000 0.000 1.818
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.573 -0.001 0.001
y -0.001 -28.095 -0.000
z 0.001 -0.000 -28.098
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.524 -0.001 0.001
y -0.001 -2.760 -0.000
z 0.001 -0.000 -2.764
Polar
3z2-r2-5.528
x2-y25.523
xy-0.001
xz0.001
yz-0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.101 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 1.857 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.857


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 55.015
(<r2>)1/2 7.417