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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.377952
Energy at 298.15K-613.381237
HF Energy-613.377952
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 wB97X-D/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' 3209 3044 3.46      
2 A' 3098 2939 0.36      
3 A' 1951 1851 312.25      
4 A' 1502 1425 13.79      
5 A' 1432 1358 29.45      
6 A' 1147 1088 165.40      
7 A' 987 936 64.48      
8 A' 628 596 132.09      
9 A' 456 433 13.38      
10 A' 354 335 1.30      
11 A" 3183 3019 0.35      
12 A" 1500 1423 13.87      
13 A" 1067 1012 5.33      
14 A" 525 498 2.70      
15 A" 140 132 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10588.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10043.5 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.33828 0.16316 0.11238

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.537 0.000
C2 1.488 0.726 0.000
O3 -0.844 1.367 0.000
Cl4 -0.454 -1.224 0.000
H5 1.708 1.795 0.000
H6 1.918 0.247 0.883
H7 1.918 0.247 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49951.18321.81842.12142.13182.1318
C21.49952.41772.75191.09101.09341.0934
O31.18322.41772.61942.58793.10863.1086
Cl41.81842.75192.61943.71322.92792.9279
H52.12141.09102.58793.71321.79431.7943
H62.13181.09343.10862.92791.79431.7664
H72.13181.09343.10862.92791.79431.7664

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 108.928 C1 C2 H6 109.614
C1 C2 H7 109.614 C2 C1 O3 128.244
C2 C1 Cl4 111.710 O3 C1 Cl4 120.046
H5 C2 H6 110.457 H5 C2 H7 110.457
H6 C2 H7 107.757
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.318      
2 C -0.572      
3 O -0.341      
4 Cl -0.074      
5 H 0.220      
6 H 0.224      
7 H 0.224      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.887 0.361 0.000 2.909
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.102 2.415 0.000
y 2.415 -32.128 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.100
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.512 2.415 0.000
y 2.415 -3.027 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.516
Polar
3z2-r23.031
x2-y23.026
xy2.415
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.857 0.386 0.000
y 0.386 6.651 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.202


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.629
(<r2>)1/2 10.081