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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-43.948679
Energy at 298.15K-43.951825
Nuclear repulsion energy58.347701
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/CEP-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' 3183 3083 14.92      
2 A' 3069 2972 3.16      
3 A' 1769 1713 302.46      
4 A' 1479 1432 22.33      
5 A' 1416 1372 30.93      
6 A' 1127 1091 142.81      
7 A' 959 928 68.13      
8 A' 570 552 134.49      
9 A' 409 396 18.95      
10 A' 322 312 2.35      
11 A" 3159 3059 8.55      
12 A" 1475 1428 21.24      
13 A" 1062 1028 6.99      
14 A" 492 476 1.47      
15 A" 141 137 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10315.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9684) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9989.5 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
ABC
0.31992 0.15031 0.10428

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.298 0.000
C2 1.448 -0.187 0.000
O3 -0.429 1.444 0.000
Cl4 -1.227 -1.167 0.000
H5 2.119 0.684 0.000
H6 1.626 -0.812 0.890
H7 1.626 -0.812 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52691.22301.91112.15372.16072.1607
C21.52692.48602.84841.10021.10171.1017
O31.22302.48602.73002.65813.17833.1783
Cl41.91112.84842.73003.82393.00993.0099
H52.15371.10022.65813.82391.80921.8092
H62.16071.10173.17833.00991.80921.7798
H72.16071.10173.17833.00991.80921.7798

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 109.048 C1 C2 H6 109.509
C1 C2 H7 109.509 C2 C1 O3 129.057
C2 C1 Cl4 111.404 O3 C1 Cl4 119.539
H5 C2 H6 110.502 H5 C2 H7 110.502
H6 C2 H7 107.751
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.228      
2 C -0.271      
3 O 0.017      
4 Cl -0.082      
5 H 0.186      
6 H 0.189      
7 H 0.189      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  3.530 -0.898 0.000 3.642
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.379 -0.262 0.000
y -0.262 -34.231 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.939
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.206 -0.262 0.000
y -0.262 -5.072 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.866
Polar
3z2-r25.731
x2-y24.852
xy-0.262
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.500 1.299 0.000
y 1.299 6.505 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.592


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.974
(<r2>)1/2 8.659