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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G*

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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.423296
Energy at 298.15K-1071.425860
HF Energy-1070.699588
Nuclear repulsion energy263.359908
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 CCD/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' 3210 3038 0.84      
2 A' 3053 2889 36.86      
3 A' 1875 1775 105.96      
4 A' 1445 1368 4.11      
5 A' 1272 1204 7.93      
6 A' 1115 1056 21.22      
7 A' 827 783 23.34      
8 A' 453 428 4.85      
9 A' 338 320 24.81      
10 A' 267 253 2.14      
11 A" 1317 1246 27.59      
12 A" 1040 984 23.77      
13 A" 797 755 88.28      
14 A" 289 274 2.49      
15 A" 73 69 9.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8685.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8221.1 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.10536 0.09476 0.05252

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.379 -0.019 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.401 0.000
H3 1.468 0.009 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.844 1.472
Cl5 -0.172 -0.844 -1.472
O6 0.553 2.366 0.000
H7 -1.275 1.472 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52331.08941.77521.77522.39192.2273
C21.52332.15122.68432.68431.20781.1053
H31.08942.15122.36362.36362.52843.1091
Cl41.77522.68432.36362.94393.60552.9574
Cl51.77522.68432.36362.94393.60552.9574
O62.39191.20782.52843.60553.60552.0357
H72.22731.10533.10912.95742.95742.0357

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.852 C1 C2 H7 114.915
C2 C1 H3 109.725 C2 C1 Cl4 108.699
C2 C1 Cl5 108.699 H3 C1 Cl4 108.834
H3 C1 Cl5 108.834 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.032
O6 C2 H7 123.233
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.421096
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.696835
Nuclear repulsion energy266.053521
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 CCD/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 3158 2989 4.28      
2 A 3038 2876 43.89      
3 A 1883 1782 89.38      
4 A 1444 1367 13.72      
5 A 1327 1256 13.96      
6 A 1299 1230 12.61      
7 A 1071 1014 12.79      
8 A 975 923 5.97      
9 A 874 827 67.20      
10 A 678 641 31.33      
11 A 630 596 26.57      
12 A 361 342 0.75      
13 A 286 271 3.41      
14 A 231 218 3.20      
15 A 80 76 11.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8668.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8204.7 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.12606 0.08877 0.05498

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.103 -0.037 0.508
C2 -0.737 -1.271 0.168
H3 0.215 0.030 1.593
Cl4 1.737 -0.286 -0.162
Cl5 -0.641 1.455 -0.057
O6 -1.850 -1.229 -0.292
H7 -0.227 -2.223 0.405

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53131.09331.78291.75992.42432.2136
C21.53132.15202.68312.73651.20521.1062
H31.09332.15202.34432.34233.06682.5856
Cl41.78292.68312.34432.94873.71112.8156
Cl51.75992.73652.34232.94872.95263.7298
O62.42431.20523.06683.71112.95262.0276
H72.21361.10622.58562.81563.72982.0276

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.294 C1 C2 H7 113.139
C2 C1 H3 109.011 C2 C1 Cl4 107.867
C2 C1 Cl5 112.308 H3 C1 Cl4 106.723
H3 C1 Cl5 108.073 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.666
O6 C2 H7 122.558
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability