In database:

0-6500 cm-1

3-236 nm

Methyl chloride (CH₃Cl)
Molecular weight 50.49 amu
Freezing point -97 C
Boiling point -24.2 C
Dipole moment 1.86 D
HITRAN number: 24

Infrared cross-sections from PNNL
FTIR infrared cross-sections from 600 to 5000 cm^-1
Data available at 5 C, 25 C, and 50 C
Spectra is composite of on the order of 10 different pressures,backfilled with nitrogen to 760 T.
Images of PNNL data in cm²/molecule vs. wavenumbers
Images of PNNL data in cm²/molecule vs. microns


Line list from HITRAN 2008
Data from 0 to 3173 cm^-1
Images of HITRAN data on a log scale

Line list from HITRAN 2004
Data from 0 to 3173 cm^-1.
Images of HITRAN 2004 data in cm/molecule vs. wavenumbers
Images of HITRAN 2004 data in cm/molecule vs. microns

Line list from HITRAN 2000
Data from 674 to 3173 cm^-1.
Images of HITRAN 2000 data in cm/molecule vs. wavenumbers
Images of HITRAN 2000 data in cm/molecule vs. microns

UV cross-sections
Please see The MPI-Mainz UV/VIS Spectral Atlas

Other References
New Measurements and Global Analysis of Chloromethane in the Region from 0 to 1800 cm^-1; A. Nikitin et al.; J.Mol.Spec. 221:199-212 (2003).
Figure 1

Infrared and Millimeter-Wave Studies of ¹³CH₃Cl in the ground, 3¹ and 6¹ States; M. Litz et al.; J.Mol.Spec. 219:238-247 (2003).

Submillimeter Wave Spectrum of ¹²CH₃³⁵Cl in the n₆=1 State; L. Margules, F.L. Constantin, and J. Demaison; J.Mol.Spec. 217:149-151 (2003).

The Vacuum UV Photoabsorption Spectrum of Methyl Chloride (CH₃Cl) and its Perdeuterated Isotopomer CD₃Cl I. A Rydberg Series Analysis; R. Locht et al.; Chem.Phys. 272:259-275 (2001).
The Vacuum UV Photoabsorption Spectrum of Methyl Chloride (CH₃Cl) and its Perdeuterated Isotopomer CD₃Cl II. A Vibrational Analysis; R. Locht et al.; Chem.Phys. 272:277-292 (2001).
Methyl Chloride n₅ Region Lineshape Parameters and Rotational Constants for the n₂, n₅, and 2 n₃ Vibrational Bands; C. Chackerian et al.; J.Mol.Spec. 191:148-157 (1998)

The n₆ Band of Methyl Chloride Revisited by Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, J.Mol.Spec. 183:93-98 (1997).

Absolute Line intensities in the n₂ Band of ¹²CH₃³⁵Cl at 7.5 mm; G. Blanquet et al.; J.Mol.Spec. 170:466-477 (1995)

Notes
n₁ 2937 cm^-1 (a₁) CH₃ stretch
n₂ 1355 cm^-1 (a₁) CH₃ deform
n₃ 732 cm^-1 (a₁) CCl stretch
n₄ 3039 cm^-1 (e) CH₃ stretch
n₅ 1452 cm^-1 (e) CH₃ deform
n₆ 1017 cm^-1 (e) CH₃ rock



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