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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G**

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.366685
Energy at 298.15K-574.370414
HF Energy-573.875014
Nuclear repulsion energy105.461729
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/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3230 3029 13.28      
2 A' 3114 2920 31.33      
3 A' 1571 1473 8.70      
4 A' 1515 1420 8.82      
5 A' 1231 1154 7.56      
6 A' 1082 1014 47.49      
7 A' 707 663 2.94      
8 A' 379 355 2.59      
9 A" 3202 3002 36.01      
10 A" 1535 1439 4.63      
11 A" 1205 1130 2.08      
12 A" 259 243 3.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9514.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8920.8 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/6-31G**
ABC
1.39418 0.20678 0.18647

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.813 0.000
Cl2 -0.811 -0.699 0.000
C3 1.413 0.605 0.000
H4 1.828 1.611 0.000
H5 1.736 0.069 0.893
H6 1.736 0.069 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.71551.42841.99432.08912.0891
Cl21.71552.57773.50642.80552.8055
C31.42842.57771.08791.09001.0900
H41.99433.50641.08791.78391.7839
H52.08912.80551.09001.78391.7852
H62.08912.80551.09001.78391.7852

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 104.021 O1 C3 H5 111.387
O1 C3 H6 111.387 Cl2 O1 C3 109.811
H4 C3 H5 109.980 H4 C3 H6 109.980
H5 C3 H6 109.945
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability