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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.391459
Energy at 298.15K-612.394750
HF Energy-611.810242
Nuclear repulsion energy142.807542
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 MP3/6-31G*
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 3229 3030 0.45      
2 A 3154 2961 7.78      
3 A 3055 2867 50.17      
4 A 1891 1775 116.92      
5 A 1516 1422 11.28      
6 A 1462 1372 7.76      
7 A 1338 1256 21.44      
8 A 1235 1159 2.62      
9 A 1093 1026 32.10      
10 A 1070 1005 1.06      
11 A 856 803 28.40      
12 A 741 696 7.93      
13 A 475 446 10.86      
14 A 289 271 12.24      
15 A 46 43 18.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10724.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10065.8 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
1.08319 0.08988 0.08540

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.022 0.655 0.115
C2 1.158 -0.351 0.148
Cl3 -1.554 -0.157 -0.063
O4 2.283 -0.044 -0.167
H5 0.010 1.220 1.050
H6 0.172 1.343 -0.717
H7 0.902 -1.366 0.501

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51751.78182.38321.09291.08972.2379
C21.51752.72721.20812.14402.14251.1049
Cl31.78182.72723.84022.36282.37842.7952
O42.38321.20813.84022.87122.58512.0252
H51.09292.14402.36282.87121.77832.7902
H61.08972.14252.37842.58511.77833.0588
H72.23791.10492.79522.02522.79023.0588

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.535 C1 C2 H7 116.284
C2 C1 Cl3 111.253 C2 C1 H5 109.363
C2 C1 H6 109.430 Cl3 C1 H5 108.158
Cl3 C1 H6 109.472 O4 C2 H7 122.165
H5 C1 H6 109.129
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.389887
Energy at 298.15K-612.393377
HF Energy-611.807897
Nuclear repulsion energy146.973143
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3134 2941 14.22      
2 A' 3014 2829 78.18      
3 A' 1907 1790 101.64      
4 A' 1514 1421 18.81      
5 A' 1460 1371 15.64      
6 A' 1381 1296 18.20      
7 A' 997 936 5.13      
8 A' 809 760 6.54      
9 A' 659 618 41.90      
10 A' 225 212 2.96      
11 A" 3186 2990 1.46      
12 A" 1254 1177 2.63      
13 A" 1080 1013 1.01      
14 A" 732 687 1.99      
15 A" 154 145 1.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10752.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10092.3 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
0.50466 0.12837 0.10433

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.925 0.000
C2 1.364 0.266 0.000
Cl3 -1.340 -0.230 0.000
O4 1.571 -0.921 0.000
H5 -0.081 1.565 0.883
H6 -0.081 1.565 -0.883
H7 2.196 0.998 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51421.76912.42401.09401.09402.1972
C21.51422.74901.20532.13402.13401.1080
Cl31.76912.74902.99242.36412.36413.7433
O42.42401.20532.99243.11313.11312.0177
H51.09402.13402.36413.11311.76632.5073
H61.09402.13402.36413.11311.76632.5073
H72.19721.10803.74332.01772.50732.5073

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.696 C1 C2 H7 112.928
C2 C1 Cl3 113.481 C2 C1 H5 108.734
C2 C1 H6 108.734 Cl3 C1 H5 109.039
Cl3 C1 H6 109.039 O4 C2 H7 121.377
H5 C1 H6 107.655
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability