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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: G2

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 bisecting, trans 1A
1 2 no CS eclipsed, cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at G2
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.721983
Energy at 298.15K-612.716313
HF Energy-611.811686
Nuclear repulsion energy143.612921
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 HF/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 3359 3165 1.10      
2 A 3282 3092 12.51      
3 A 3214 3029 54.26      
4 A 2036 1918 211.86      
5 A 1599 1507 10.45      
6 A 1546 1457 14.63      
7 A 1417 1335 37.16      
8 A 1322 1245 3.34      
9 A 1150 1083 3.81      
10 A 1132 1067 32.65      
11 A 879 828 44.35      
12 A 774 729 17.76      
13 A 495 466 14.65      
14 A 305 288 15.52      
15 A 47 44 24.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11277.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10625.7 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
1.12830 0.08925 0.08462

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.021 0.645 0.090
C2 1.152 -0.364 0.109
Cl3 -1.560 -0.151 -0.049
O4 2.302 -0.033 -0.125
H5 0.038 1.220 1.019
H6 0.160 1.328 -0.749
H7 0.876 -1.403 0.368

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51591.77562.38971.09291.09042.2365
C21.51592.72571.21902.13982.14061.1061
Cl31.77562.72573.86512.36112.37412.7706
O42.38971.21903.86512.82972.61352.0380
H51.09292.13982.36112.82971.77502.8297
H61.09042.14062.37412.61351.77503.0359
H72.23651.10612.77062.03802.82973.0359

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.596 C1 C2 H7 115.985
C2 C1 Cl3 111.325 C2 C1 H5 109.512
C2 C1 H6 109.728 Cl3 C1 H5 107.585
Cl3 C1 H6 109.062 O4 C2 H7 122.041
H5 C1 H6 109.589
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at G2
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.720229
Energy at 298.15K-612.724008
HF Energy-611.809367
Nuclear repulsion energy147.675027
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 HF/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' 3259 3070 24.79      
2 A' 3159 2976 87.20      
3 A' 2053 1934 183.27      
4 A' 1599 1507 19.08      
5 A' 1543 1454 27.30      
6 A' 1466 1382 20.42      
7 A' 1034 974 4.90      
8 A' 837 789 9.01      
9 A' 682 643 64.96      
10 A' 235 221 3.57      
11 A" 3309 3118 3.34      
12 A" 1342 1265 1.11      
13 A" 1152 1086 2.35      
14 A" 776 731 0.61      
15 A" 160 151 2.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11303.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10649.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.50106 0.12899 0.10458

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.926 0.000
C2 1.359 0.264 0.000
Cl3 -1.337 -0.223 0.000
O4 1.567 -0.935 0.000
H5 -0.077 1.568 0.883
H6 -0.077 1.568 -0.883
H7 2.192 0.997 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51201.76312.43251.09431.09432.1929
C21.51202.73971.21632.13132.13131.1094
Cl31.76312.73972.98932.36152.36153.7337
O42.43251.21632.98933.12153.12152.0304
H51.09432.13132.36153.12151.76602.5003
H61.09432.13132.36153.12151.76602.5003
H72.19291.10943.73372.03042.50032.5003

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.106 C1 C2 H7 112.429
C2 C1 Cl3 113.953 C2 C1 H5 108.872
C2 C1 H6 108.872 Cl3 C1 H5 108.577
Cl3 C1 H6 108.577 O4 C2 H7 121.465
H5 C1 H6 107.821
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability