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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 bisecting, trans 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.504996
Energy at 298.15K-613.508250
HF Energy-613.504996
Nuclear repulsion energy142.306607
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 B3LYP/TZVP
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 3159 3050 0.74      
2 A 3077 2970 7.75      
3 A 2936 2834 63.42      
4 A 1812 1750 173.85      
5 A 1452 1401 11.78      
6 A 1416 1367 5.39      
7 A 1275 1231 21.93      
8 A 1190 1149 5.56      
9 A 1042 1006 31.80      
10 A 1027 991 6.98      
11 A 797 770 17.80      
12 A 696 672 20.86      
13 A 459 443 10.61      
14 A 282 272 11.16      
15 A 59 57 15.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10339.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9654) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9981.4 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 B3LYP/TZVP
ABC
1.00176 0.08988 0.08578

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.032 0.680 0.137
C2 1.170 -0.317 0.211
Cl3 -1.554 -0.170 -0.080
O4 2.263 -0.078 -0.228
H5 -0.027 1.236 1.073
H6 0.180 1.367 -0.692
H7 0.935 -1.273 0.716

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51481.81182.38491.09081.08642.2280
C21.51482.74311.20182.14162.15141.1064
Cl31.81182.74313.82102.37432.39622.8360
O42.38491.20183.82102.94352.57742.0202
H51.09082.14162.37432.94351.78242.7102
H61.08642.15142.39622.57741.78243.0851
H72.22801.10642.83602.02022.71023.0851

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.361 C1 C2 H7 115.545
C2 C1 Cl3 110.784 C2 C1 H5 109.481
C2 C1 H6 110.520 Cl3 C1 H5 107.138
Cl3 C1 H6 108.953 O4 C2 H7 122.082
H5 C1 H6 109.901
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.173      
2 C 0.112      
3 Cl -0.118      
4 O -0.260      
5 H 0.173      
6 H 0.174      
7 H 0.091      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.811 0.704 1.093 1.532
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.592 -0.202 1.621
y -0.202 -28.563 0.035
z 1.621 0.035 -29.496
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.563 -0.202 1.621
y -0.202 5.981 0.035
z 1.621 0.035 4.582
Polar
3z2-r29.164
x2-y2-11.029
xy-0.202
xz1.621
yz0.035


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.346 0.539 -0.221
y 0.539 4.827 -0.225
z -0.221 -0.225 4.033


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 123.451
(<r2>)1/2 11.111