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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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 M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.414061
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-613.414061
Nuclear repulsion energy143.637105
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 M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3172 3172 0.46 43.40 0.61 0.76
2 A 3095 3095 7.85 98.72 0.05 0.10
3 A 2974 2974 42.31 85.41 0.24 0.39
4 A 1882 1882 192.32 16.83 0.35 0.52
5 A 1455 1455 12.11 3.83 0.71 0.83
6 A 1413 1413 5.34 2.57 0.41 0.58
7 A 1272 1272 16.10 1.22 0.74 0.85
8 A 1203 1203 4.04 1.95 0.73 0.84
9 A 1058 1058 33.50 4.76 0.24 0.39
10 A 1036 1036 4.45 2.00 0.59 0.74
11 A 832 832 28.11 8.09 0.29 0.45
12 A 705 705 9.46 4.27 0.26 0.42
13 A 469 469 10.66 4.96 0.18 0.31
14 A 287 287 11.01 1.45 0.47 0.64
15 A 52 52 17.48 1.20 0.71 0.83

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10452.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10452.0 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 M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.04737 0.09148 0.08702

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.019 0.667 0.126
C2 1.156 -0.332 0.178
Cl3 -1.538 -0.164 -0.072
O4 2.256 -0.059 -0.196
H5 -0.016 1.218 1.065
H6 0.169 1.356 -0.700
H7 0.903 -1.324 0.597

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51481.77632.37391.08931.08572.2290
C21.51482.71081.19362.13622.14391.1053
Cl31.77632.71083.79762.34952.37052.7847
O42.37391.19363.79762.89532.57182.0139
H51.08932.13622.34952.89531.77992.7430
H61.08572.14392.37052.57181.77993.0665
H72.22901.10532.78472.01392.74303.0665

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.000 C1 C2 H7 115.703
C2 C1 Cl3 110.660 C2 C1 H5 109.148
C2 C1 H6 109.967 Cl3 C1 H5 107.724
Cl3 C1 H6 109.468 O4 C2 H7 122.291
H5 C1 H6 109.839
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.638      
2 C 0.710      
3 Cl -0.134      
4 O -0.638      
5 H 0.256      
6 H 0.252      
7 H 0.193      


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