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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVQZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-500.172159
Energy at 298.15K-500.175105
HF Energy-500.172159
Nuclear repulsion energy51.083100
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 B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
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 3070 2974 23.06 146.89 0.00 0.00
2 A1 1378 1335 11.71 0.30 0.12 0.21
3 A1 713 690 26.45 14.95 0.23 0.37
4 E 3165 3066 4.79 54.65 0.75 0.86
4 E 3165 3066 4.79 54.62 0.75 0.86
5 E 1483 1437 5.98 5.55 0.75 0.86
5 E 1483 1437 5.98 5.54 0.75 0.86
6 E 1027 995 2.43 1.53 0.75 0.86
6 E 1027 995 2.43 1.53 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8254.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9688) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7997.3 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 B3LYP/cc-pVQZ
ABC
5.26275 0.43825 0.43825

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.136
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.661
H3 0.000 1.029 -1.476
H4 0.891 -0.515 -1.476
H5 -0.891 -0.515 -1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C11.79741.08411.08411.0841
Cl21.79742.37252.37252.3725
H31.08412.37251.78281.7828
H41.08412.37251.78281.7828
H51.08412.37251.78281.7828

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 108.289 Cl2 C1 H4 108.289
Cl2 C1 H5 108.289 H3 C1 H4 110.627
H3 C1 H5 110.627 H4 C1 H5 110.627
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.230      
2 Cl -0.140      
3 H 0.123      
4 H 0.123      
5 H 0.123      


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 -1.968 1.968
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.985 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -19.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.269
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.858 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.858 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.716
Polar
3z2-r23.432
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 3.442 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.442 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.138


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.020
(<r2>)1/2 6.084