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All results from a given calculation for CH3Li (methyl lithium)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-47.367218
Energy at 298.15K-47.369670
HF Energy-47.367218
Nuclear repulsion energy16.237831
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 M06-2X/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 3013 2864 54.67      
2 A1 1126 1070 10.10      
3 A1 659 626 25.69      
4 E 3091 2938 44.09      
4 E 3091 2937 44.80      
5 E 1476 1403 6.25      
5 E 1476 1403 5.92      
6 E 481 457 194.68      
6 E 480 457 196.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7446.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7077.2 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 M06-2X/6-31G**
ABC
5.42342 0.75847 0.75847

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Li1 0.000 0.000 -1.585
C2 0.000 0.000 0.388
H3 0.000 1.014 0.810
H4 -0.878 -0.507 0.810
H5 0.878 -0.507 0.810

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Li1 C2 H3 H4 H5
Li11.97232.60022.60022.6002
C21.97231.09831.09831.0983
H32.60021.09831.75621.7562
H42.60021.09831.75621.7562
H52.60021.09831.75621.7562

picture of methyl lithium state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Li1 C2 H3 112.601 Li1 C2 H4 112.601
Li1 C2 H5 112.601 H3 C2 H4 106.168
H3 C2 H5 106.168 H4 C2 H5 106.168
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Li 0.363      
2 C -0.605      
3 H 0.080      
4 H 0.080      
5 H 0.080      


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 -5.241 5.241
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.643 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.643 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.441
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.101 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.101 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 10.202
Polar
3z2-r220.403
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 4.152 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.167 -0.019
z 0.000 -0.019 5.377


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 18.634
(<r2>)1/2 4.317