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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.456247
Energy at 298.15K-613.459336
Nuclear repulsion energy145.683060
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 BLYP/6-311G*
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' 3070 3062 9.68      
2 A' 2983 2975 1.30      
3 A' 1847 1843 300.34      
4 A' 1446 1442 14.37      
5 A' 1364 1360 24.24      
6 A' 1080 1077 116.04      
7 A' 916 914 85.72      
8 A' 561 559 126.59      
9 A' 381 380 42.09      
10 A' 324 323 3.07      
11 A" 3047 3039 1.45      
12 A" 1444 1440 13.18      
13 A" 1026 1024 3.91      
14 A" 494 493 0.98      
15 A" 135 135 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10058.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10033.6 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.33054 0.15435 0.10733

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.573 0.000
C2 1.499 0.754 0.000
O3 -0.857 1.395 0.000
Cl4 -0.455 -1.263 0.000
H5 1.734 1.825 0.000
H6 1.933 0.269 0.884
H7 1.933 0.269 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50951.18771.89172.13852.14762.1476
C21.50952.44172.80801.09661.09831.0983
O31.18772.44172.68832.62653.13653.1365
Cl41.89172.80802.68833.78512.97202.9720
H52.13851.09662.62653.78511.80101.8010
H62.14761.09833.13652.97201.80101.7690
H72.14761.09833.13652.97201.80101.7690

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 109.259 C1 C2 H6 109.872
C1 C2 H7 109.872 C2 C1 O3 129.332
C2 C1 Cl4 110.797 O3 C1 Cl4 119.871
H5 C2 H6 110.270 H5 C2 H7 110.270
H6 C2 H7 107.278
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.199      
2 C -0.616      
3 O -0.175      
4 Cl -0.150      
5 H 0.238      
6 H 0.253      
7 H 0.253      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.922 0.919 0.000 3.063
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.898 2.099 0.000
y 2.099 -33.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.073
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.639 2.099 0.000
y 2.099 -3.015 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.377
Polar
3z2-r22.753
x2-y23.102
xy2.099
xz0.000
yz0.000


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> 105.821
(<r2>)1/2 10.287