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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.598833
Energy at 298.15K-499.601812
HF Energy-499.147892
Nuclear repulsion energy51.456694
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 CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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 3122 2960 22.77      
2 A1 1412 1338 12.78      
3 A1 762 722 23.56      
4 E 3204 3038 5.42      
4 E 3204 3038 5.42      
5 E 1519 1440 5.16      
5 E 1519 1440 5.16      
6 E 1048 994 2.17      
6 E 1048 994 2.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8418.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9481) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7981.7 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 CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
5.30786 0.44546 0.44546

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.656
H3 0.000 1.025 -1.467
H4 0.888 -0.512 -1.467
H5 -0.888 -0.512 -1.467

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.78131.08061.08061.0806
Cl21.78132.35802.35802.3580
H31.08062.35801.77521.7752
H41.08062.35801.77521.7752
H51.08062.35801.77521.7752

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 108.468 Cl2 C1 H4 108.468
Cl2 C1 H5 108.468 H3 C1 H4 110.456
H3 C1 H5 110.456 H4 C1 H5 110.456
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability