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Experimental data for CH3+ (methyl cation)

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Other names
Methyl; Methyl radical;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/CH3/h1H3 WCYWZMWISLQXQU-UHFFFAOYSA-N [CH3] Methyl
State Conformation
2A1 D3H
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Hfg(298.15K) enthalpy of formation 146.70 0.30 kJ mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation 150.00 0.30 kJ mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 194.01   J K-1 mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 10.37   kJ mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 38.42   J K-1 mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Information can also be found for this species in the NIST Chemistry Webbook
Vibrational levels (cm-1) vibrations
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Intensity Comment Description
Fundamental(cm-1) Harmonic(cm-1) Reference (km mol-1) unc. Reference
1 A1' 3004   VEEL5       CH3 s-stretch
2 A2" 606   VEEL5       OPLA
3 E' 3161   VEEL5       CH3 d-stretch
4 E' 1396   VEEL5       CH3 d-deform

vibrational zero-point energy: 6362.3 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for CH3+ (methyl cation).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
9.57789 9.57789 4.74202 1981Yam/Hir:5256

Calculated rotational constants for CH3+ (methyl cation).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
11.01252amu3Å6   5.04259981461983E-119gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of methyl cation

Point Group D3h


Internal coordinates
distances (r) in Å, angles (a) in degrees, dihedrals (d) in degrees
Description Value unc. Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rCH 1.079   1 2 1966Herzberg
aHCH 120 2 1 3 1966Herzberg

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
H2 1.0790 0.0000 0.0000
H3 -0.5395 -0.9344 0.0000
H4 -0.5395 0.9344 0.0000

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  C1 H2 H3 H4
C1   1.07901.07901.0790
H2 1.0790   1.86891.8689
H3 1.07901.8689   1.8689
H4 1.07901.86891.8689  

Calculated geometries for CH3+ (methyl cation).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 120.000 H2 C1 H4 120.000
H3 C1 H4 120.000

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
H-C 3

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
C1 H2
C1 H3
C1 H4
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 2   2A1
46205 2 1966Herzberg

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
9.840 0.010 9.840 0.005 webbook

Electron Affinity (eV)
Electron Affinity unc. reference
0.080 0.030 webbook
Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Electric dipole moment dipole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Dipole (Debye) Reference comment Point Group Components
x y z total dipole quadrupole
1 1 2A1 D3h True       0.000 NSRDS-NBS10   D3h 0 1
Experimental dipole measurement abbreviations: MW microwave; DT Dielectric with Temperature variation; DR Indirect (usually an upper limit); MB Molecular beam
Calculated electric dipole moments for CH3+ (methyl cation).
Electric quadrupole moment quadrupole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Quadrupole (D Å) Reference comment Point Group Components
xx yy zz dipole quadrupole
1 1 2A1 D3h True       D3h 0 1

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for CH3+ (methyl cation).

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squib reference DOI
1966Herzberg Herzberg, G., Electronic spectra and electronic structure of polyatomic molecules,Van Nostrand,New York, 1966  
1981Yam/Hir:5256 Yamada, C.; Hirota, E. Kawaguchi, K. "Diode laser study of the (nu)2 band of the methyl radical." Journal of Chemical Physics. 75, 5256-5264 (1981) 10.1063/1.441991
2005Rus/Bog:573 B Ruscic, JE Boggs, A Burcat, AG Csaszar, J Demaison, R Janoschek, JML Martin, ML Morton, MJ Rossi, JF Stanton, PG Szalay, PR Westmoreland, F Zabel, T Berces "IUPAC Critical Evaluation of Thermochemical Properties of Selected Radicals. Part I" J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2005, 573 10.1063/1.1724828
NSRDS-NBS10 R. D. Nelson Jr., D. R. Lide, A. A. Maryott "Selected Values of electric dipole moments for molecules in the gas phase" NSRDS-NBS10, 1967 10.6028/NBS.NSRDS.10
VEEL5 M.E. Jacox, Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels of Polyatomic Transient Molecules, J. Phys. Chem.Ref. Data, Monograph 3 (1994) (updated data in NIST Chemistry Webbook - http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/  
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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