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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-43.015084
Energy at 298.15K-43.018495
Nuclear repulsion energy59.566695
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 HF/CEP-121G
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' 3313 3023 7.67      
2 A' 3188 2909 4.05      
3 A' 1914 1746 429.81      
4 A' 1606 1465 24.03      
5 A' 1556 1420 19.69      
6 A' 1229 1122 159.67      
7 A' 1046 954 91.53      
8 A' 621 566 177.01      
9 A' 466 425 14.09      
10 A' 352 322 1.47      
11 A" 3289 3002 6.12      
12 A" 1603 1463 17.90      
13 A" 1175 1072 4.70      
14 A" 545 498 8.76      
15 A" 159 145 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11031.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9125) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10065.8 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 HF/CEP-121G
ABC
0.33354 0.15735 0.10906

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.279 0.000
C2 1.424 -0.222 0.000
O3 -0.383 1.414 0.000
Cl4 -1.240 -1.096 0.000
H5 2.091 0.628 0.000
H6 1.596 -0.834 0.877
H7 1.596 -0.834 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51001.19781.85142.12022.13432.1343
C21.51002.43822.80371.08101.08301.0830
O31.19782.43822.65182.59643.12103.1210
Cl41.85142.80372.65183.75092.97982.9798
H52.12021.08102.59643.75091.77581.7758
H62.13431.08303.12102.97981.77581.7538
H72.13431.08303.12102.97981.77581.7538

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 108.708 C1 C2 H6 109.702
C1 C2 H7 109.702 C2 C1 O3 128.065
C2 C1 Cl4 112.649 O3 C1 Cl4 119.286
H5 C2 H6 110.293 H5 C2 H7 110.293
H6 C2 H7 108.136
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.147      
2 C -0.490      
3 O -0.173      
4 Cl -0.091      
5 H 0.202      
6 H 0.202      
7 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  3.522 -1.240 0.000 3.733
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.852 -0.418 0.000
y -0.418 -35.306 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.141
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.371 -0.418 0.000
y -0.418 -5.809 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.438
Polar
3z2-r26.876
x2-y25.453
xy-0.418
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.321 1.073 0.000
y 1.073 6.169 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.981


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.090
(<r2>)1/2 8.549