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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B97D3/3-21G*

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 B97D3/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B97D3/3-21G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/3-21G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1067.925377
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1067.925377
Nuclear repulsion energy261.946533
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 B97D3/3-21G*
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 3075 3075 2.19 88.17 0.22 0.37
2 A 2889 2889 66.66 141.54 0.33 0.50
3 A 1698 1698 80.25 13.24 0.41 0.58
4 A 1390 1390 8.43 7.11 0.72 0.84
5 A 1244 1244 13.26 8.54 0.75 0.86
6 A 1202 1202 9.17 12.78 0.72 0.84
7 A 997 997 11.46 5.28 0.60 0.75
8 A 878 878 19.21 2.72 0.57 0.72
9 A 724 724 54.14 3.86 0.69 0.82
10 A 601 601 42.02 11.27 0.10 0.19
11 A 566 566 72.56 11.68 0.40 0.57
12 A 333 333 4.61 4.17 0.20 0.33
13 A 265 265 2.99 7.92 0.57 0.72
14 A 218 218 1.96 2.09 0.71 0.83
15 A 97 97 8.36 2.15 0.68 0.81

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8087.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8087.6 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 B97D3/3-21G*
ABC
0.12076 0.08670 0.05384

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.098 -0.006 0.551
C2 -0.674 -1.308 0.229
H3 0.250 0.100 1.632
Cl4 1.769 -0.212 -0.180
Cl5 -0.748 1.441 -0.062
O6 -1.756 -1.363 -0.349
H7 -0.110 -2.192 0.591

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54781.09621.83581.78422.46742.1965
C21.54782.19202.70852.76511.22741.1098
H31.09622.19202.38522.37903.17572.5429
Cl41.83582.70852.38523.01343.71172.8362
Cl51.78422.76512.37903.01342.99353.7459
O62.46741.22743.17573.71172.99352.0690
H72.19651.10982.54292.83623.74592.0690

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 125.124 C1 C2 H7 110.394
C2 C1 H3 110.844 C2 C1 Cl4 106.041
C2 C1 Cl5 111.974 H3 C1 Cl4 106.115
H3 C1 Cl5 109.014 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.687
O6 C2 H7 124.481
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.528      
2 C 0.277      
3 H 0.311      
4 Cl 0.021      
5 Cl 0.064      
6 O -0.356      
7 H 0.211      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.928 -0.864 2.083 2.438
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.148 -1.873 -1.097
y -1.873 -41.756 -1.579
z -1.097 -1.579 -40.080
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.230 -1.873 -1.097
y -1.873 1.858 -1.579
z -1.097 -1.579 4.372
Polar
3z2-r28.744
x2-y2-5.393
xy-1.873
xz-1.097
yz-1.579


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.775 -0.767 0.198
y -0.767 6.537 -0.388
z 0.198 -0.388 4.075


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 189.817
(<r2>)1/2 13.777