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All results from a given calculation for CH3COCl (Acetyl Chloride)

using model chemistry: G3B3

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G3B3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.202001
Energy at 298.15K-613.196329
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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/6-31G*
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' 3175 3049 5.06      
2 A' 3075 2953 0.36      
3 A' 1918 1842 298.48      
4 A' 1492 1432 13.25      
5 A' 1414 1358 22.22      
6 A' 1126 1081 146.08      
7 A' 967 928 70.09      
8 A' 600 576 131.68      
9 A' 429 412 23.03      
10 A' 342 328 1.72      
11 A" 3147 3022 0.55      
12 A" 1494 1434 11.73      
13 A" 1059 1017 4.50      
14 A" 515 494 2.45      
15 A" 137 131 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10443.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10029.1 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.33590 0.16026 0.11073

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.543 0.000
C2 1.492 0.733 0.000
O3 -0.844 1.378 0.000
Cl4 -0.457 -1.234 0.000
H5 1.715 1.802 0.000
H6 1.926 0.253 0.883
H7 1.926 0.253 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50391.18711.83502.12742.13802.1380
C21.50392.42322.76871.09201.09431.0943
O31.18712.42322.64062.59383.11693.1169
Cl41.83502.76872.64063.73282.94372.9437
H52.12741.09202.59383.73281.79521.7952
H62.13801.09433.11692.94371.79521.7652
H72.13801.09433.11692.94371.79521.7652

picture of Acetyl Chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.040 C1 C2 H6 109.744
C1 C2 H7 109.744 C2 C1 O3 128.062
C2 C1 Cl4 111.661 O3 C1 Cl4 120.276
H5 C2 H6 110.390 H5 C2 H7 110.390
H6 C2 H7 107.517
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.318 0.546 1.195 0.522
2 C -0.507 -0.224 -0.009 -0.276
3 O -0.329 -0.371 -1.146 -0.357
4 Cl -0.089 -0.225 -0.252 -0.217
5 H 0.197 0.097 0.066 0.115
6 H 0.205 0.089 0.073 0.106
7 H 0.205 0.089 0.073 0.106


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.844 0.484 0.000 2.885
CHELPG 2.834 0.570 0.000 2.891
AIM -1.643 1.077 0.000 1.965
ESP 2.855 0.565 0.000 2.911


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 102.822
(<r2>)1/2 10.140