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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.701620
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.723360
Nuclear repulsion energy267.730002
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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3175 2989 3.71      
2 A 3026 2850 40.26      
3 A 1879 1769 103.99      
4 A 1433 1349 14.61      
5 A 1312 1235 10.66      
6 A 1262 1188 14.06      
7 A 1069 1006 12.71      
8 A 971 915 5.60      
9 A 868 818 69.58      
10 A 674 634 27.47      
11 A 643 605 29.71      
12 A 357 336 1.15      
13 A 284 267 3.45      
14 A 227 214 2.90      
15 A 96 90 9.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8637.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9416) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8133.1 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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.12580 0.09085 0.05603

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.102 -0.022 0.522
C2 -0.711 -1.272 0.201
H3 0.230 0.059 1.599
Cl4 1.720 -0.260 -0.171
Cl5 -0.668 1.439 -0.057
O6 -1.783 -1.268 -0.324
H7 -0.199 -2.196 0.518

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52551.08731.77591.75032.41252.1952
C21.52552.14772.65922.72411.19351.1028
H31.08732.14772.33482.33513.08382.5380
Cl41.77592.65922.33482.93293.64782.8116
Cl51.75032.72412.33512.93292.93983.7105
O62.41251.19353.08383.64782.93982.0194
H72.19521.10282.53802.81163.71052.0194

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.615 C1 C2 H7 112.277
C2 C1 H3 109.421 C2 C1 Cl4 107.065
C2 C1 Cl5 112.345 H3 C1 Cl4 106.785
H3 C1 Cl5 108.494 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.556
O6 C2 H7 123.106
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability