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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pVDZ

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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.430238
Energy at 298.15K-612.433553
HF Energy-611.843329
Nuclear repulsion energy142.433354
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/cc-pVDZ
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 3209 3057 0.72      
2 A 3119 2971 8.33      
3 A 2993 2851 74.76      
4 A 1788 1703 99.65      
5 A 1452 1383 9.28      
6 A 1410 1343 5.23      
7 A 1272 1211 17.67      
8 A 1190 1133 6.01      
9 A 1075 1024 28.00      
10 A 1033 984 1.66      
11 A 844 804 19.58      
12 A 721 687 10.74      
13 A 463 441 9.14      
14 A 290 277 9.26      
15 A 69 65 11.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10463.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9966.7 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.96787 0.09083 0.08680

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.686 0.143
C2 1.162 -0.305 0.235
Cl3 -1.538 -0.176 -0.087
O4 2.257 -0.085 -0.247
H5 -0.056 1.257 1.084
H6 0.180 1.376 -0.696
H7 0.927 -1.244 0.795

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52201.78722.40621.10291.09932.2335
C21.52202.72241.21572.15552.15881.1179
Cl31.78722.72243.79892.37032.39402.8273
O42.40621.21573.79892.98712.57922.0481
H51.10292.15552.37032.98711.79912.7027
H61.09932.15882.39402.57921.79913.1059
H72.23351.11792.82732.04812.70273.1059

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.628 C1 C2 H7 114.700
C2 C1 Cl3 110.451 C2 C1 H5 109.362
C2 C1 H6 109.830 Cl3 C1 H5 107.839
Cl3 C1 H6 109.765 O4 C2 H7 122.665
H5 C1 H6 109.561
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.429203
Energy at 298.15K-612.432684
HF Energy-611.841114
Nuclear repulsion energy146.306690
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/cc-pVDZ
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' 3103 2956 17.18      
2 A' 2947 2807 114.66      
3 A' 1808 1722 96.15      
4 A' 1439 1370 21.60      
5 A' 1409 1342 12.02      
6 A' 1315 1252 18.74      
7 A' 972 926 5.06      
8 A' 791 753 8.85      
9 A' 649 619 37.86      
10 A' 215 205 2.52      
11 A" 3168 3018 1.37      
12 A" 1209 1152 2.27      
13 A" 1041 992 0.82      
14 A" 698 664 1.24      
15 A" 175 167 0.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10469.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9971.9 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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.49914 0.12739 0.10348

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.928 0.000
C2 1.367 0.262 0.000
Cl3 -1.345 -0.227 0.000
O4 1.578 -0.931 0.000
H5 -0.076 1.576 0.890
H6 -0.076 1.576 -0.890
H7 2.199 1.015 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52041.77292.43851.10371.10372.2004
C21.52042.75611.21242.14442.14441.1216
Cl31.77292.75613.00682.37772.37773.7553
O42.43851.21243.00683.13243.13242.0431
H51.10372.14442.37773.13241.78092.5059
H61.10372.14442.37773.13241.78092.5059
H72.20041.12163.75532.04312.50592.5059

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.967 C1 C2 H7 111.904
C2 C1 Cl3 113.405 C2 C1 H5 108.571
C2 C1 H6 108.571 Cl3 C1 H5 109.281
Cl3 C1 H6 109.281 O4 C2 H7 122.129
H5 C1 H6 107.566
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability