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

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

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/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-574.376328
Energy at 298.15K-574.380036
HF Energy-573.879138
Nuclear repulsion energy105.376167
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/6-31+G**
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' 3228 3042 11.05      
2 A' 3110 2931 34.74      
3 A' 1560 1470 9.25      
4 A' 1508 1421 6.10      
5 A' 1225 1154 7.72      
6 A' 1071 1010 52.27      
7 A' 705 665 4.38      
8 A' 375 353 2.53      
9 A" 3200 3015 31.50      
10 A" 1523 1435 5.94      
11 A" 1197 1128 2.52      
12 A" 248 234 3.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9474.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8927.9 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/6-31+G**
ABC
1.40224 0.20586 0.18589

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.810 0.000
Cl2 -0.812 -0.700 0.000
C3 1.417 0.609 0.000
H4 1.827 1.617 0.000
H5 1.737 0.074 0.894
H6 1.737 0.074 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.71421.43161.99742.08732.0873
Cl21.71422.58543.51192.80962.8096
C31.43162.58541.08811.09011.0901
H41.99743.51191.08811.78621.7862
H52.08732.80961.09011.78621.7888
H62.08732.80961.09011.78621.7888

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 104.048 O1 C3 H5 111.012
O1 C3 H6 111.012 Cl2 O1 C3 110.223
H4 C3 H5 110.179 H4 C3 H6 110.179
H5 C3 H6 110.260
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability