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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.104150
Energy at 298.15K-500.107106
HF Energy-500.104150
Nuclear repulsion energy51.008956
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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3084 2953 24.34 148.15 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1356 1298 10.15 0.00 0.01 0.02
3 A1 746 714 27.71 15.98 0.17 0.29
4 E 3203 3066 3.99 49.69 0.75 0.86
4 E 3203 3066 4.00 49.60 0.75 0.86
5 E 1452 1390 6.60 3.75 0.75 0.86
5 E 1452 1390 6.64 3.74 0.75 0.86
6 E 1019 975 2.50 0.60 0.75 0.86
6 E 1019 975 2.50 0.60 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8265.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9573) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7912.9 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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.16548 0.43853 0.43853

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.135
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.661
H3 0.000 1.039 -1.476
H4 0.900 -0.519 -1.476
H5 -0.900 -0.519 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79581.09351.09351.0935
Cl21.79582.37602.37602.3760
H31.09352.37601.79951.7995
H41.09352.37601.79951.7995
H51.09352.37601.79951.7995

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 108.169 Cl2 C1 H4 108.169
Cl2 C1 H5 108.169 H3 C1 H4 110.742
H3 C1 H5 110.742 H4 C1 H5 110.742
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.257      
2 Cl -0.117      
3 H -0.047      
4 H -0.047      
5 H -0.047      


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 -19.942 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.942 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.080
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.931 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.931 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.862
Polar
3z2-r23.725
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 3.767 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.766 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 5.305


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.994
(<r2>)1/2 6.082