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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 bisecting, trans 1A
1 2 no CS eclipsed, cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.681032
Energy at 298.15K-612.684356
HF Energy-611.906914
Nuclear repulsion energy143.300463
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 CCSD/cc-pVTZ
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 3190 3002 0.63      
2 A 3111 2928 8.21      
3 A 3001 2824 50.91      
4 A 1841 1733 135.51      
5 A 1479 1392 8.71      
6 A 1432 1348 5.23      
7 A 1291 1215 18.22      
8 A 1211 1140 5.79      
9 A 1077 1014 27.90      
10 A 1046 984 1.71      
11 A 842 792 19.82      
12 A 726 683 12.86      
13 A 470 442 10.77      
14 A 289 272 10.35      
15 A 64 60 14.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10534.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9412) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9914.7 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 CCSD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.99618 0.09162 0.08741

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.682 0.137
C2 1.157 -0.311 0.219
Cl3 -1.534 -0.173 -0.082
O4 2.247 -0.079 -0.233
H5 -0.043 1.242 1.068
H6 0.174 1.361 -0.693
H7 0.926 -1.256 0.736

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51411.78472.38491.08831.08442.2226
C21.51412.71201.20212.13912.14381.1016
Cl31.78472.71203.78542.35562.37592.8103
O42.38491.20213.78542.94672.56592.0168
H51.08832.13912.35562.94671.77862.7004
H61.08442.14382.37592.56591.77863.0756
H72.22261.10162.81032.01682.70043.0756

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.390 C1 C2 H7 115.459
C2 C1 Cl3 110.322 C2 C1 H5 109.476
C2 C1 H6 110.079 Cl3 C1 H5 107.668
Cl3 C1 H6 109.371 O4 C2 H7 122.143
H5 C1 H6 109.888
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.679161
Energy at 298.15K-612.682640
HF Energy-611.904261
Nuclear repulsion energy147.136847
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 CCSD/cc-pVTZ
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' 3093 2911 18.19      
2 A' 2953 2779 85.91      
3 A' 1860 1751 118.82      
4 A' 1468 1382 20.17      
5 A' 1432 1347 15.49      
6 A' 1334 1255 14.09      
7 A' 973 916 5.78      
8 A' 790 744 6.64      
9 A' 647 609 42.95      
10 A' 215 202 2.98      
11 A" 3143 2958 1.29      
12 A" 1230 1158 1.86      
13 A" 1052 991 0.24      
14 A" 711 669 1.13      
15 A" 163 154 1.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10532.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9412) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9912.9 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 CCSD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.50937 0.12792 0.10422

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.921 0.000
C2 1.363 0.266 0.000
Cl3 -1.343 -0.231 0.000
O4 1.578 -0.914 0.000
H5 -0.080 1.557 0.880
H6 -0.080 1.557 -0.880
H7 2.187 1.003 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51231.76932.41961.08931.08932.1884
C21.51232.75091.19872.12742.12741.1055
Cl31.76932.75092.99902.35972.35973.7391
O42.41961.19872.99903.10303.10302.0109
H51.08932.12742.35973.10301.76092.4944
H61.08932.12742.35973.10301.76092.4944
H72.18841.10553.73912.01092.49442.4944

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.992 C1 C2 H7 112.511
C2 C1 Cl3 113.693 C2 C1 H5 108.625
C2 C1 H6 108.625 Cl3 C1 H5 108.945
Cl3 C1 H6 108.945 O4 C2 H7 121.497
H5 C1 H6 107.852
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability