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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-497.659645
Energy at 298.15K-497.662580
HF Energy-497.659645
Nuclear repulsion energy49.501614
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/3-21G
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 3140 3140 8.13 98.16 0.02 0.03
2 A1 1416 1416 6.04 0.91 0.70 0.83
3 A1 676 676 28.72 21.83 0.35 0.52
4 E 3258 3258 1.30 51.95 0.75 0.86
4 E 3258 3258 1.29 51.95 0.75 0.86
5 E 1539 1539 14.09 19.15 0.75 0.86
5 E 1539 1539 14.08 19.15 0.75 0.86
6 E 1033 1033 6.45 10.85 0.75 0.86
6 E 1033 1033 6.45 10.86 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8445.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8445.4 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/3-21G
ABC
5.15538 0.40625 0.40625

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.192
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.687
H3 0.000 1.040 -1.507
H4 0.901 -0.520 -1.507
H5 -0.901 -0.520 -1.507

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.87841.08661.08661.0866
Cl21.87842.42732.42732.4273
H31.08662.42731.80131.8013
H41.08662.42731.80131.8013
H51.08662.42731.80131.8013

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 106.842 Cl2 C1 H4 106.842
Cl2 C1 H5 106.842 H3 C1 H4 111.968
H3 C1 H5 111.968 H4 C1 H5 111.968
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.768      
2 Cl -0.055      
3 H 0.274      
4 H 0.274      
5 H 0.274      


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 -2.527 2.527
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.861 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.861 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.247
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.807 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.807 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.614
Polar
3z2-r23.228
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 1.908 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.908 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 4.234


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 38.660
(<r2>)1/2 6.218