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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-575.267171
Energy at 298.15K-575.270827
HF Energy-575.267171
Nuclear repulsion energy104.556382
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/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3130 3018 9.30      
2 A' 3029 2921 34.96      
3 A' 1510 1456 12.58      
4 A' 1454 1402 2.87      
5 A' 1191 1148 15.55      
6 A' 1003 967 36.70      
7 A' 659 636 4.01      
8 A' 361 348 3.99      
9 A" 3110 2998 32.37      
10 A" 1464 1412 8.92      
11 A" 1168 1126 1.01      
12 A" 252 243 3.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9166.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8838.3 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/6-31+G**
ABC
1.41007 0.20130 0.18237

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.812 0.000
Cl2 -0.814 -0.718 0.000
C3 1.420 0.636 0.000
H4 1.803 1.662 0.000
H5 1.759 0.111 0.899
H6 1.759 0.111 -0.899

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.73301.43051.99282.09612.0961
Cl21.73302.61203.53672.84872.8487
C31.43052.61201.09451.09531.0953
H41.99283.53671.09451.79311.7931
H52.09612.84871.09531.79311.7987
H62.09612.84871.09531.79311.7987

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 103.425 O1 C3 H5 111.483
O1 C3 H6 111.483 Cl2 O1 C3 110.957
H4 C3 H5 109.928 H4 C3 H6 109.928
H5 C3 H6 110.387
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.336      
2 Cl 0.089      
3 C -0.223      
4 H 0.163      
5 H 0.154      
6 H 0.154      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.018 -0.176 0.000 2.025
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.573 2.297 0.000
y 2.297 -24.811 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.690
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.677 2.297 0.000
y 2.297 -0.679 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.998
Polar
3z2-r2-3.996
x2-y22.238
xy2.297
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.062 1.315 0.000
y 1.315 4.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.511


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.873
(<r2>)1/2 8.299