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All results from a given calculation for CH3Li (methyl lithium)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-47.306665
Energy at 298.15K-47.309073
HF Energy-47.306665
Nuclear repulsion energy16.120483
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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
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 2934 2894 65.13      
2 A1 1059 1044 63.27      
3 A1 626 617 10.20      
4 E 3018 2977 33.21      
4 E 3018 2977 33.20      
5 E 1420 1401 10.49      
5 E 1420 1401 10.49      
6 E 473 466 227.58      
6 E 473 466 227.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7220.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7121.5 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
5.32854 0.74905 0.74905

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Li1 0.000 0.000 -1.594
C2 0.000 0.000 0.390
H3 0.000 1.023 0.813
H4 -0.886 -0.511 0.813
H5 0.886 -0.511 0.813

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Li1 C2 H3 H4 H5
Li11.98482.61612.61612.6161
C21.98481.10701.10701.1070
H32.61611.10701.77171.7717
H42.61611.10701.77171.7717
H52.61611.10701.77171.7717

picture of methyl lithium state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Li1 C2 H3 112.469 Li1 C2 H4 112.469
Li1 C2 H5 112.469 H3 C2 H4 106.314
H3 C2 H5 106.314 H4 C2 H5 106.314
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Li 0.321      
2 C -0.602      
3 H 0.094      
4 H 0.094      
5 H 0.094      


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 -4.781 4.781
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.919 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.919 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.222
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.849 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.849 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.697
Polar
3z2-r219.395
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 5.053 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.054 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 7.841


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 19.090
(<r2>)1/2 4.369