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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.443295
Energy at 298.15K-574.447041
HF Energy-573.923896
Nuclear repulsion energy105.584987
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 CCD/6-311G**
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' 3169 3027 12.64      
2 A' 3059 2922 32.68      
3 A' 1537 1468 14.07      
4 A' 1499 1431 3.26      
5 A' 1230 1174 11.41      
6 A' 1088 1039 46.59      
7 A' 682 652 2.49      
8 A' 380 363 2.27      
9 A" 3136 2995 38.53      
10 A" 1496 1429 5.97      
11 A" 1206 1152 1.83      
12 A" 274 262 3.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9378.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8957.0 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
1.40162 0.20727 0.18705

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.812 0.000
Cl2 -0.807 -0.701 0.000
C3 1.405 0.610 0.000
H4 1.823 1.620 0.000
H5 1.733 0.072 0.896
H6 1.733 0.072 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.71531.41971.99452.08692.0869
Cl21.71532.57213.50852.80262.8026
C31.41972.57211.09301.09551.0955
H41.99453.50851.09301.79101.7910
H52.08692.80261.09551.79101.7917
H62.08692.80261.09551.79101.7917

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 104.321 O1 C3 H5 111.486
O1 C3 H6 111.486 Cl2 O1 C3 109.898
H4 C3 H5 109.850 H4 C3 H6 109.850
H5 C3 H6 109.724
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability