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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/6-31G*

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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.420661
Energy at 298.15K-612.423864
HF Energy-611.808665
Nuclear repulsion energy142.028691
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 QCISD(T)/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 3171 3042        
2 A 3102 2976        
3 A 2985 2863        
4 A 1795 1722        
5 A 1494 1433        
6 A 1430 1372        
7 A 1313 1260        
8 A 1211 1162        
9 A 1067 1023        
10 A 1046 1003        
11 A 827 793        
12 A 722 692        
13 A 462 443        
14 A 279 267        
15 A 28 27        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10464.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10039.0 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
1.11327 0.08854 0.08393

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.024 0.651 0.091
C2 1.159 -0.365 0.111
Cl3 -1.568 -0.153 -0.049
O4 2.309 -0.035 -0.127
H5 0.037 1.229 1.022
H6 0.161 1.333 -0.754
H7 0.883 -1.407 0.374

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52321.78842.39531.09661.09402.2476
C21.52322.73971.21932.15172.15111.1099
Cl31.78842.73973.87882.37322.38552.7849
O42.39531.21933.87882.84242.62272.0413
H51.09662.15172.37322.84241.78332.8429
H61.09402.15112.38552.62271.78333.0498
H72.24761.10992.78492.04132.84293.0498

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.313 C1 C2 H7 116.324
C2 C1 Cl3 111.389 C2 C1 H5 109.349
C2 C1 H6 109.451 Cl3 C1 H5 108.289
Cl3 C1 H6 109.330 O4 C2 H7 122.349
H5 C1 H6 108.993
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.419167
Energy at 298.15K-612.422604
HF Energy-611.806311
Nuclear repulsion energy146.299800
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 QCISD(T)/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' 3078 2953        
2 A' 2942 2823        
3 A' 1814 1740        
4 A' 1493 1432        
5 A' 1428 1370        
6 A' 1353 1298        
7 A' 974 934        
8 A' 788 756        
9 A' 643 617        
10 A' 220 211        
11 A" 3130 3003        
12 A" 1229 1179        
13 A" 1056 1013        
14 A" 717 688        
15 A" 148 142        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10506.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10078.9 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
0.49798 0.12756 0.10353

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.931 0.000
C2 1.367 0.268 0.000
Cl3 -1.344 -0.229 0.000
O4 1.576 -0.931 0.000
H5 -0.081 1.573 0.887
H6 -0.081 1.573 -0.887
H7 2.202 1.003 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51941.77532.43911.09821.09822.2037
C21.51942.75661.21642.14192.14191.1131
Cl31.77532.75663.00382.37302.37303.7548
O42.43911.21643.00383.13093.13092.0330
H51.09822.14192.37303.13091.77332.5148
H61.09822.14192.37303.13091.77332.5148
H72.20371.11313.75482.03302.51482.5148

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.768 C1 C2 H7 112.754
C2 C1 Cl3 113.354 C2 C1 H5 108.760
C2 C1 H6 108.760 Cl3 C1 H5 109.067
Cl3 C1 H6 109.067 O4 C2 H7 121.477
H5 C1 H6 107.681
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability