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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/LANL2DZ

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 wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-182.427838
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-182.427838
Nuclear repulsion energy127.775583
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 wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
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 3210 3.94 97.61 0.15 0.25
2 A 3068 3068 41.84 126.17 0.28 0.44
3 A 1766 1766 121.85 18.43 0.28 0.44
4 A 1431 1431 11.25 5.98 0.68 0.81
5 A 1291 1291 8.30 5.93 0.71 0.83
6 A 1252 1252 7.76 10.18 0.67 0.80
7 A 1051 1051 14.31 0.76 0.67 0.80
8 A 961 961 5.14 6.57 0.52 0.68
9 A 809 809 74.78 9.80 0.69 0.81
10 A 626 626 32.97 15.79 0.10 0.18
11 A 601 601 46.46 11.08 0.61 0.76
12 A 347 347 2.36 5.84 0.26 0.42
13 A 268 268 4.82 7.75 0.65 0.79
14 A 217 217 2.71 2.73 0.72 0.84
15 A 89 89 17.28 2.26 0.71 0.83

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8493.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8493.9 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 wB97X-D/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.11936 0.08518 0.05259

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.084 -0.043 0.534
C2 -0.687 -1.319 0.187
H3 0.213 0.050 1.610
Cl4 1.789 -0.227 -0.167
Cl5 -0.731 1.469 -0.060
O6 -1.805 -1.345 -0.316
H7 -0.133 -2.234 0.452

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53061.08841.85301.81682.44642.2035
C21.53062.17032.72942.79881.22601.1025
H31.08842.17032.39122.38653.11922.5840
Cl41.85302.72942.39123.03933.76732.8472
Cl51.81682.79882.38653.03933.02273.7856
O62.44641.22603.11923.76733.02272.0437
H72.20351.10252.58402.84723.78562.0437

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.746 C1 C2 H7 112.608
C2 C1 H3 110.800 C2 C1 Cl4 107.156
C2 C1 Cl5 113.190 H3 C1 Cl4 105.822
H3 C1 Cl5 107.821 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.826
O6 C2 H7 122.640
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.527      
2 C 0.094      
3 H 0.333      
4 Cl 0.012      
5 Cl 0.048      
6 O -0.172      
7 H 0.212      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.428 -1.185 2.444 3.068
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.567 -2.492 -1.320
y -2.492 -40.580 -1.762
z -1.320 -1.762 -38.661
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.947 -2.492 -1.320
y -2.492 3.034 -1.762
z -1.320 -1.762 5.913
Polar
3z2-r211.826
x2-y2-7.987
xy-2.492
xz-1.320
yz-1.762


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.259 -0.921 0.132
y -0.921 5.495 -0.376
z 0.132 -0.376 3.317


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 132.874
(<r2>)1/2 11.527