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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CISD/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1065.838944
Energy at 298.15K-1065.841388
HF Energy-1065.466175
Nuclear repulsion energy255.775726
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 CISD/3-21G
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' 3298 3105 1.32      
2 A' 3113 2930 34.56      
3 A' 1779 1674 73.86      
4 A' 1487 1400 2.92      
5 A' 1257 1183 8.73      
6 A' 1051 990 32.36      
7 A' 757 713 26.13      
8 A' 423 398 5.72      
9 A' 312 294 24.84      
10 A' 242 228 1.37      
11 A" 1247 1174 30.26      
12 A" 1071 1008 22.04      
13 A" 705 663 96.24      
14 A" 293 276 1.84      
15 A" 80 75 9.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8557.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9413) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8054.8 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 CISD/3-21G
ABC
0.09802 0.09036 0.04940

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.338 0.253 0.000
C2 -0.932 1.089 0.000
H3 1.236 0.854 0.000
Cl4 0.338 -0.820 1.528
Cl5 0.338 -0.820 -1.528
O6 -0.914 2.312 0.000
H7 -1.845 0.487 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52041.08041.86731.86732.41032.1949
C21.52042.18042.75552.75551.22351.0930
H31.08042.18042.43792.43792.59813.1019
Cl41.86732.75552.43793.05643.70352.9679
Cl51.86732.75552.43793.05643.70352.9679
O62.41031.22352.59813.70353.70352.0483
H72.19491.09303.10192.96792.96792.0483

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.541 C1 C2 H7 113.238
C2 C1 H3 112.836 C2 C1 Cl4 108.426
C2 C1 Cl5 108.426 H3 C1 Cl4 108.639
H3 C1 Cl5 108.639 Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.854
O6 C2 H7 124.222
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1065.838499
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1065.465243
Nuclear repulsion energy259.064820
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 CISD/3-21G
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 3261 3070 2.72      
2 A 3090 2909 35.79      
3 A 1785 1681 61.86      
4 A 1479 1393 12.72      
5 A 1316 1238 10.63      
6 A 1240 1167 19.67      
7 A 1067 1004 13.23      
8 A 961 904 9.86      
9 A 814 766 61.93      
10 A 617 581 56.82      
11 A 607 572 13.67      
12 A 344 324 1.68      
13 A 257 242 4.00      
14 A 228 215 2.29      
15 A 101 95 11.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8583.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9413) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8079.9 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 CISD/3-21G
ABC
0.12011 0.08371 0.05244

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.089 -0.053 0.562
C2 -0.639 -1.343 0.199
H3 0.226 0.058 1.630
Cl4 1.813 -0.156 -0.174
Cl5 -0.813 1.433 -0.060
O6 -1.734 -1.393 -0.337
H7 -0.064 -2.230 0.483

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52451.08331.87741.84592.43482.1838
C21.52452.18172.74962.79281.22061.0948
H31.08332.18172.41302.41323.13402.5767
Cl41.87742.74962.41303.07133.76052.8738
Cl51.84592.79282.41323.07132.98543.7777
O62.43481.22063.13403.76052.98542.0400
H72.18381.09482.57672.87383.77772.0400

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.624 C1 C2 H7 111.924
C2 C1 H3 112.473 C2 C1 Cl4 107.399
C2 C1 Cl5 111.562 H3 C1 Cl4 106.047
H3 C1 Cl5 108.102 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.147
O6 C2 H7 123.452
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability