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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311G*

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 MP2/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.525950
Energy at 298.15K-1071.528543
HF Energy-1070.785056
Nuclear repulsion energy263.827661
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 MP2/6-311G*
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' 3200 3041 1.40      
2 A' 3023 2872 45.67      
3 A' 1787 1699 103.89      
4 A' 1433 1362 3.17      
5 A' 1260 1198 10.20      
6 A' 1095 1041 27.59      
7 A' 820 779 20.17      
8 A' 449 427 4.96      
9 A' 335 319 21.51      
10 A' 269 256 2.01      
11 A" 1318 1252 23.73      
12 A" 1033 981 26.98      
13 A" 786 747 108.39      
14 A" 295 280 2.96      
15 A" 84 79 7.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8593.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8166.0 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 MP2/6-311G*
ABC
0.10546 0.09535 0.05273

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.385 -0.025 0.000
C2 -0.171 1.396 0.000
H3 1.472 0.005 0.000
Cl4 -0.171 -0.841 1.472
Cl5 -0.171 -0.841 -1.472
O6 0.542 2.365 0.000
H7 -1.277 1.448 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52661.08801.77251.77252.39582.2211
C21.52662.15342.67852.67851.20301.1072
H31.08802.15342.36312.36312.53703.1052
Cl41.77252.67852.36312.94433.59962.9380
Cl51.77252.67852.36312.94433.59962.9380
O62.39581.20302.53703.59963.59962.0373
H72.22111.10723.10522.93802.93802.0373

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.287 C1 C2 H7 114.031
C2 C1 H3 109.757 C2 C1 Cl4 108.330
C2 C1 Cl5 108.330 H3 C1 Cl4 109.045
H3 C1 Cl5 109.045 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.308
O6 C2 H7 123.681
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.523000
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.781858
Nuclear repulsion energy266.532424
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 MP2/6-311G*
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 3150 2993 5.63 77.00 0.23 0.37
2 A 3009 2859 59.06 139.77 0.31 0.47
3 A 1797 1708 92.30 8.82 0.63 0.77
4 A 1427 1356 13.80 4.53 0.48 0.65
5 A 1314 1249 18.92 6.07 0.65 0.79
6 A 1280 1216 10.37 6.86 0.73 0.85
7 A 1052 1000 18.43 1.97 0.39 0.56
8 A 959 912 7.51 6.17 0.65 0.79
9 A 853 811 76.55 6.95 0.73 0.85
10 A 669 635 29.48 7.98 0.08 0.14
11 A 639 607 31.00 6.25 0.50 0.67
12 A 355 338 1.37 2.54 0.28 0.43
13 A 290 276 2.70 5.73 0.66 0.80
14 A 229 218 2.51 1.55 0.70 0.82
15 A 86 82 9.64 2.24 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8554.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8129.7 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 MP2/6-311G*
ABC
0.12461 0.09003 0.05551

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.105 -0.016 0.521
C2 -0.711 -1.275 0.207
H3 0.235 0.066 1.602
Cl4 1.727 -0.262 -0.172
Cl5 -0.673 1.445 -0.057
O6 -1.791 -1.279 -0.326
H7 -0.201 -2.203 0.529

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53321.09161.78071.75382.43082.2086
C21.53322.15412.66752.73341.20421.1066
H31.09162.15412.34152.34063.10322.5482
Cl41.78072.66752.34152.94733.66542.8250
Cl51.75382.73342.34062.94732.95693.7252
O62.43081.20423.10323.66542.95692.0275
H72.20861.10662.54822.82503.72522.0275

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.813 C1 C2 H7 112.578
C2 C1 H3 109.143 C2 C1 Cl4 106.976
C2 C1 Cl5 112.351 H3 C1 Cl4 106.743
H3 C1 Cl5 108.437 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.995
O6 C2 H7 122.609
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability