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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G*

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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.392099
Energy at 298.15K-612.395349
HF Energy-611.809010
Nuclear repulsion energy142.626893
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
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 3225 3039 0.15      
2 A 3150 2968 7.90      
3 A 3036 2861 57.54      
4 A 1791 1688 86.06      
5 A 1511 1423 12.07      
6 A 1445 1361 5.42      
7 A 1333 1256 21.73      
8 A 1231 1160 1.85      
9 A 1084 1022 35.89      
10 A 1066 1004 0.70      
11 A 851 802 31.71      
12 A 732 689 5.86      
13 A 469 442 8.81      
14 A 284 267 12.19      
15 A 35 33 18.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10621.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10007.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
1.12830 0.08925 0.08462

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.021 0.645 0.090
C2 1.152 -0.364 0.109
Cl3 -1.560 -0.151 -0.049
O4 2.302 -0.033 -0.125
H5 0.038 1.220 1.019
H6 0.160 1.328 -0.749
H7 0.876 -1.403 0.368

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51591.77562.38971.09291.09042.2365
C21.51592.72571.21902.13982.14061.1061
Cl31.77562.72573.86512.36112.37412.7706
O42.38971.21903.86512.82972.61352.0380
H51.09292.13982.36112.82971.77502.8297
H61.09042.14062.37412.61351.77503.0359
H72.23651.10612.77062.03802.82973.0359

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.415 C1 C2 H7 116.196
C2 C1 Cl3 111.563 C2 C1 H5 109.135
C2 C1 H6 109.347 Cl3 C1 H5 108.438
Cl3 C1 H6 109.533 O4 C2 H7 122.376
H5 C1 H6 108.776
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.390843
Energy at 298.15K-612.394330
HF Energy-611.806653
Nuclear repulsion energy146.956807
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
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' 3128 2947 14.16      
2 A' 2994 2821 92.66      
3 A' 1809 1704 78.36      
4 A' 1508 1421 20.07      
5 A' 1443 1360 12.00      
6 A' 1370 1290 20.91      
7 A' 991 934 5.24      
8 A' 804 757 8.87      
9 A' 658 620 37.62      
10 A' 223 210 2.75      
11 A" 3187 3003 0.78      
12 A" 1249 1177 2.65      
13 A" 1075 1012 1.24      
14 A" 725 683 2.15      
15 A" 161 151 0.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10660.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10044.7 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.50106 0.12899 0.10458

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.926 0.000
C2 1.359 0.264 0.000
Cl3 -1.337 -0.223 0.000
O4 1.567 -0.935 0.000
H5 -0.077 1.568 0.883
H6 -0.077 1.568 -0.883
H7 2.192 0.997 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51201.76312.43251.09431.09432.1929
C21.51202.73971.21632.13132.13131.1094
Cl31.76312.73972.98932.36152.36153.7337
O42.43251.21632.98933.12153.12152.0304
H51.09432.13132.36153.12151.76602.5003
H61.09432.13132.36153.12151.76602.5003
H72.19291.10943.73372.03042.50032.5003

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.793 C1 C2 H7 112.647
C2 C1 Cl3 113.329 C2 C1 H5 108.658
C2 C1 H6 108.658 Cl3 C1 H5 109.227
Cl3 C1 H6 109.227 O4 C2 H7 121.560
H5 C1 H6 107.580
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability