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Experimental data for CH3Cl+ (Methyl chloride cation)

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Other names
Artic; Chloor-methaan; Chlor-methan; Chloromethane; Chlorure de methyle; Clorometano; Cloruro di metile; Freon 40; Methane, chloro-; Methyl chloride; Methylchlorid; Metylu chlorek; Monochloromethane; R 40;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/CH3Cl/c1-2/h1H3 NEHMKBQYUWJMIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N CCl Chloromethane
State Conformation
1A1 C3V
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 -81.87 0.60 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation -73.94 0.60 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 234.39   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 10.42   kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 40.74   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
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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 2966   1957Dic/Mil:445 17.6 0.7 1957Dic/Mil:445 CH3 s-stretch
2 A1 1355   1957Dic/Mil:445 6.8 0.5 1957Dic/Mil:445 CH3 s-deform
3 A1 732   1957Dic/Mil:445 23.2 0.2 1957Dic/Mil:445 CCl stretch
4 E 3042   1957Dic/Mil:445 9.7 0.6 1957Dic/Mil:445 CH3 d-stretch
5 E 1455   1957Dic/Mil:445 12.3 0.6 1957Dic/Mil:445 CH3 d-deform
6 E 1015   1957Dic/Mil:445 4.0 0.0 1957Dic/Mil:445 CH3 rock

vibrational zero-point energy: 8038.0 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for CH3Cl+ (Methyl chloride cation).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
5.19800 0.44340 0.44340 1973Dun/McK:232

Calculated rotational constants for CH3Cl+ (Methyl chloride cation).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
4687.723amu3Å6   2.14649507867344E-116gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of Methyl chloride cation

Point Group C3v


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
rCCl 1.785 0.001 1 2 1973Dun/McK:232
rCH 1.090 0.002 1 3 1973Dun/McK:232
aHCCl 108.16 0.25 2 1 3 1973Dun/McK:232 by symmetry
aHCH 110.75 0.25 3 1 4 1973Dun/McK:232

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.0000 0.0000 -1.1282
Cl2 0.0000 0.0000 0.6572
H3 0.0000 1.0357 -1.4679
H4 0.8969 -0.5179 -1.4679
H5 -0.8969 -0.5179 -1.4679

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4 H5
C1   1.78541.09001.09001.0900
Cl2 1.7854   2.36412.36412.3641
H3 1.09002.3641   1.79391.7939
H4 1.09002.36411.7939   1.7939
H5 1.09002.36411.79391.7939  

Calculated geometries for CH3Cl+ (Methyl chloride cation).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 108.160 Cl2 C1 H4 108.160
Cl2 C1 H5 108.160 H3 C1 H4 110.750
H3 C1 H5 110.750 H4 C1 H5 110.750

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
C-Cl 1
H-C 3

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
C1 Cl2
C1 H3
C1 H4
C1 H5
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A1
50150 1 1966Herzberg

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
11.260 0.030 11.290   webbook

Proton Affinity (kJ mol-1)
Proton Affinity unc. Product reference comment
647.3   CH3ClH+ 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 1A1 C3v True       1.870 NSRDS-NBS10 MW C3v 1 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 CH3Cl+ (Methyl chloride cation).
Vibration specific dipole moments
Vibrational Quantum numbers Dip x Dip y Dip z Dip total Squib Comment
ν6=1       1.897 1974Hel/Hel(II/6) MW ± 0.004 D
0       1.892 1974Hel/Hel(II/6) MW ±0.001 D
ν3=1       1.923 1974Hel/Hel(II/6) MW ± 0.002 D

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 1A1 C3v True -0.615 -0.615 1.230 1984Gra/Gub 1.23+-0.82 C3v 1 1

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for CH3Cl+ (Methyl chloride cation).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
4.416   1997Oln/Can:59

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for CH3Cl+ (Methyl chloride cation).

References
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squib reference DOI
1957Dic/Mil:445 AD Dickson, IM Mills, B Crawford Jr "Vibrational Intensities VIII. CH3 and CD3 Chloride, Bromide, and Iodide" J. Chem. Phys. 27(2), 445, 1957 10.1063/1.1743744
1966Herzberg Herzberg, G., Electronic spectra and electronic structure of polyatomic molecules,Van Nostrand,New York, 1966  
1973Dun/McK:232 JL Duncan, DC McKean, PD Mallinson, RD McCulloch " Infrared Spectra of CHD2Cl and CHD2CCH and the geometries of Methyl Chloride and Propyne" J. Mol. Spec. 46, 232-239, 1973 10.1016/0022-2852(73)90039-8
1974Hel/Hel(II/6) Hellwege, KH and AM Hellwege (eds.). Landolt-Bornstein: Group II: Volume 6 Molecular Constants from Microwave, Molecular Beam, and Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Springer-Verlag. Berlin. 1974. 10.1007/b19951 
1984Gra/Gub CG Gray, KE Gubbins "Theory of molecular fluids. Volume 1:Fundamentals" Clarendon Press, Oxford 1984  
1997Oln/Can:59 TN Olney, NM Cann, G Cooper, CE Brion, Absolute scale determination for photoabsorption spectra and the calculation of molecular properties using dipole sum-rules, Chem. Phys. 223 (1997) 59-98 10.1016/S0301-0104(97)00145-6
Gurvich Gurvich, L.V.; Veyts, I. V.; Alcock, C. B., Thermodynamic Properties of Individual Substances, Fouth Edition, Hemisphere Pub. Co., New York, 1989  
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
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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