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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.401274
Energy at 298.15K-612.404526
HF Energy-611.809543
Nuclear repulsion energy142.423381
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/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 3194 3017 0.74      
2 A 3125 2951 8.71      
3 A 3023 2854 53.27      
4 A 1844 1741 109.54      
5 A 1505 1422 10.83      
6 A 1447 1367 7.35      
7 A 1329 1255 23.55      
8 A 1227 1158 2.00      
9 A 1082 1022 32.91      
10 A 1062 1003 0.67      
11 A 844 797 31.69      
12 A 734 693 6.32      
13 A 469 443 9.94      
14 A 284 268 12.60      
15 A 37 35 18.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10602.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10012.0 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
1.11519 0.08903 0.08443

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.023 0.649 0.094
C2 1.158 -0.362 0.116
Cl3 -1.563 -0.153 -0.051
O4 2.300 -0.035 -0.132
H5 0.033 1.224 1.026
H6 0.162 1.333 -0.746
H7 0.887 -1.400 0.391

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52001.78362.38841.09481.09212.2431
C21.52002.73451.21362.14692.14671.1071
Cl31.78362.73453.86622.36752.38012.7848
O42.38841.21363.86622.84022.61202.0326
H51.09482.14692.36752.84021.77962.8315
H61.09212.14672.38012.61201.77963.0471
H72.24311.10712.78482.03262.83153.0471

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.380 C1 C2 H7 116.379
C2 C1 Cl3 111.486 C2 C1 H5 109.308
C2 C1 H6 109.440 Cl3 C1 H5 108.282
Cl3 C1 H6 109.351 O4 C2 H7 122.228
H5 C1 H6 108.930
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.399718
Energy at 298.15K-612.403191
HF Energy-611.807205
Nuclear repulsion energy146.653572
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/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' 3102 2929 15.84      
2 A' 2979 2813 84.78      
3 A' 1862 1758 96.96      
4 A' 1505 1421 17.82      
5 A' 1446 1365 14.39      
6 A' 1371 1295 18.22      
7 A' 989 934 5.16      
8 A' 801 756 6.86      
9 A' 652 616 40.61      
10 A' 224 211 2.87      
11 A" 3153 2978 2.25      
12 A" 1245 1176 2.48      
13 A" 1071 1011 1.04      
14 A" 728 688 1.69      
15 A" 153 144 1.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10639.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10047.2 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.50198 0.12790 0.10391

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.927 0.000
C2 1.365 0.266 0.000
Cl3 -1.343 -0.228 0.000
O4 1.575 -0.926 0.000
H5 -0.081 1.569 0.885
H6 -0.081 1.569 -0.885
H7 2.199 1.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51651.77112.43161.09621.09622.1998
C21.51652.75261.21072.13792.13791.1105
Cl31.77112.75262.99952.36742.36743.7482
O42.43161.21072.99953.12233.12232.0249
H51.09622.13792.36743.12231.76982.5104
H61.09622.13792.36743.12231.76982.5104
H72.19981.11053.74822.02492.51042.5104

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.783 C1 C2 H7 112.813
C2 C1 Cl3 113.474 C2 C1 H5 108.753
C2 C1 H6 108.753 Cl3 C1 H5 109.024
Cl3 C1 H6 109.024 O4 C2 H7 121.404
H5 C1 H6 107.653
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability