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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.912518
Energy at 298.15K-499.915484
HF Energy-499.912518
Nuclear repulsion energy51.299268
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3101 2960 22.05 116.24 0.01 0.01
2 A1 1403 1339 13.45 5.26 0.48 0.65
3 A1 756 721 27.40 13.29 0.32 0.48
4 E 3213 3066 5.18 60.33 0.75 0.86
4 E 3213 3066 5.18 60.33 0.75 0.86
5 E 1492 1424 7.20 16.79 0.75 0.86
5 E 1492 1424 7.20 16.79 0.75 0.86
6 E 1044 996 4.80 7.22 0.75 0.86
6 E 1044 996 4.80 7.22 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8379.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7996.3 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
5.23958 0.44367 0.44367

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.658
H3 0.000 1.032 -1.476
H4 0.893 -0.516 -1.476
H5 -0.893 -0.516 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78271.08951.08951.0895
Cl21.78272.36952.36952.3695
H31.08952.36951.78671.7867
H41.08952.36951.78671.7867
H51.08952.36951.78671.7867

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 108.769 Cl2 C1 H4 108.769
Cl2 C1 H5 108.769 H3 C1 H4 110.164
H3 C1 H5 110.164 H4 C1 H5 110.164
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.482      
2 Cl -0.077      
3 H 0.186      
4 H 0.186      
5 H 0.186      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.059 2.059
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.710 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.710 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.946
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.882 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.882 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.764
Polar
3z2-r23.528
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.443 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.443 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.110


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.614
(<r2>)1/2 6.051