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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.403529
Energy at 298.15K-612.406744
HF Energy-611.809260
Nuclear repulsion energy142.240978
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/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3188 3036 0.75      
2 A 3123 2974 9.00      
3 A 3013 2869 55.74      
4 A 1825 1738 111.57      
5 A 1503 1431 11.02      
6 A 1442 1373 7.32      
7 A 1327 1263 25.06      
8 A 1225 1167 1.32      
9 A 1075 1024 34.78      
10 A 1060 1010 0.49      
11 A 837 797 35.70      
12 A 730 695 4.33      
13 A 467 444 9.36      
14 A 280 267 13.28      
15 A 25 23 20.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10559.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10055.5 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/6-31G*
ABC
1.14697 0.08849 0.08376

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.025 0.644 0.066
C2 1.158 -0.371 0.077
Cl3 -1.570 -0.149 -0.035
O4 2.313 -0.028 -0.090
H5 0.061 1.235 0.987
H6 0.148 1.315 -0.788
H7 0.875 -1.426 0.262

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52171.78422.38911.09471.09282.2466
C21.52172.73951.21552.14782.14831.1079
Cl31.78422.73953.88452.37042.37922.7740
O42.38911.21553.88452.79752.64182.0359
H51.09472.14782.37042.79751.77862.8759
H61.09282.14832.37922.64181.77863.0245
H72.24661.10792.77402.03592.87593.0245

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.174 C1 C2 H7 116.491
C2 C1 Cl3 111.677 C2 C1 H5 109.257
C2 C1 H6 109.409 Cl3 C1 H5 108.454
Cl3 C1 H6 109.203 O4 C2 H7 122.327
H5 C1 H6 108.790
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.401955
Energy at 298.15K-612.405421
HF Energy-611.806941
Nuclear repulsion energy146.537491
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/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3098 2950 16.22      
2 A' 2969 2827 90.09      
3 A' 1844 1756 101.09      
4 A' 1503 1431 17.75      
5 A' 1441 1372 13.88      
6 A' 1367 1302 18.75      
7 A' 984 937 5.26      
8 A' 796 758 7.30      
9 A' 650 619 40.61      
10 A' 223 212 2.87      
11 A" 3150 2999 2.46      
12 A" 1242 1183 2.35      
13 A" 1069 1018 1.18      
14 A" 726 691 1.57      
15 A" 153 145 1.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10607.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10101.4 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.50085 0.12774 0.10376

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.928 0.000
C2 1.366 0.266 0.000
Cl3 -1.343 -0.228 0.000
O4 1.576 -0.928 0.000
H5 -0.081 1.570 0.885
H6 -0.081 1.570 -0.885
H7 2.199 1.001 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51781.77202.43471.09661.09662.2006
C21.51782.75391.21262.13922.13921.1112
Cl31.77202.75393.00192.36852.36853.7498
O42.43471.21263.00193.12543.12542.0276
H51.09662.13922.36853.12541.77062.5111
H61.09662.13922.36853.12541.77062.5111
H72.20061.11123.74982.02762.51112.5111

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.814 C1 C2 H7 112.742
C2 C1 Cl3 113.444 C2 C1 H5 108.753
C2 C1 H6 108.753 Cl3 C1 H5 109.029
Cl3 C1 H6 109.029 O4 C2 H7 121.444
H5 C1 H6 107.677
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability