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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1073.165425
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1073.165425
Nuclear repulsion energy267.878226
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 B1B95/aug-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 3128 2998 5.56 80.44 0.15 0.26
2 A 2964 2841 46.88 135.19 0.28 0.43
3 A 1867 1789 155.12 19.87 0.39 0.56
4 A 1393 1335 12.88 2.75 0.35 0.52
5 A 1264 1211 10.13 2.16 0.75 0.86
6 A 1210 1160 9.84 4.64 0.68 0.81
7 A 1037 994 14.87 1.66 0.37 0.54
8 A 941 902 8.65 3.14 0.54 0.70
9 A 819 785 75.78 5.49 0.69 0.82
10 A 655 628 34.77 13.37 0.07 0.13
11 A 620 594 32.22 5.70 0.40 0.57
12 A 339 325 1.69 3.19 0.12 0.22
13 A 270 259 3.78 3.10 0.62 0.77
14 A 212 204 2.87 0.97 0.63 0.77
15 A 89 85 9.85 1.23 0.72 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8403.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) 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 B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.12541 0.09119 0.05605

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.096 -0.016 0.520
C2 -0.686 -1.281 0.201
H3 0.228 0.073 1.595
Cl4 1.722 -0.238 -0.169
Cl5 -0.693 1.432 -0.059
O6 -1.755 -1.299 -0.320
H7 -0.151 -2.197 0.505

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52141.08581.77991.74802.40402.1948
C21.52142.14732.64982.72611.18921.1031
H31.08582.14732.33232.32983.07882.5461
Cl41.77992.64982.33232.93863.63812.7921
Cl51.74802.72612.32982.93862.94253.7124
O62.40401.18923.07883.63812.94252.0146
H72.19481.10312.54612.79213.71242.0146

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.514 C1 C2 H7 112.519
C2 C1 H3 109.770 C2 C1 Cl4 106.507
C2 C1 Cl5 112.803 H3 C1 Cl4 106.425
H3 C1 Cl5 108.326 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.804
O6 C2 H7 122.966
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.141      
2 C 0.002      
3 H 0.273      
4 Cl -0.212      
5 Cl -0.178      
6 O -0.525      
7 H 0.499      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.346 -0.658 1.932 2.445
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.318 -2.242 -1.296
y -2.242 -41.611 -1.641
z -1.296 -1.641 -40.114
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.455 -2.242 -1.296
y -2.242 2.105 -1.641
z -1.296 -1.641 4.350
Polar
3z2-r28.701
x2-y2-5.707
xy-2.242
xz-1.296
yz-1.641


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.698 -0.509 0.210
y -0.509 8.730 -0.208
z 0.210 -0.208 6.578


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.083
(<r2>)1/2 13.531