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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.462113
Energy at 298.15K-499.465076
HF Energy-499.121977
Nuclear repulsion energy50.884353
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 MP3=FULL/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 3113 3113 23.14      
2 A1 1377 1377 13.65      
3 A1 745 745 25.27      
4 E 3224 3224 4.84      
4 E 3224 3224 4.84      
5 E 1478 1478 4.68      
5 E 1478 1478 4.68      
6 E 1032 1032 1.78      
6 E 1032 1032 1.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8351.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8351.0 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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
5.14953 0.43622 0.43622

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.138
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.663
H3 0.000 1.041 -1.480
H4 0.901 -0.520 -1.480
H5 -0.901 -0.520 -1.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.80061.09531.09531.0953
Cl21.80062.38182.38182.3818
H31.09532.38181.80231.8023
H41.09532.38181.80231.8023
H51.09532.38181.80231.8023

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 108.188 Cl2 C1 H4 108.188
Cl2 C1 H5 108.188 H3 C1 H4 110.724
H3 C1 H5 110.724 H4 C1 H5 110.724
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability