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All results from a given calculation for CCl3CHO (trichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1530.283923
Energy at 298.15K-1530.285648
HF Energy-1529.581030
Nuclear repulsion energy434.861045
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 CID/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' 3174 2932 24.15      
2 A' 1978 1827 147.93      
3 A' 1481 1368 13.24      
4 A' 1139 1052 26.28      
5 A' 951 878 92.72      
6 A' 677 625 65.27      
7 A' 480 443 2.00      
8 A' 343 317 4.10      
9 A' 294 272 2.10      
10 A' 220 203 3.34      
11 A" 1098 1014 31.95      
12 A" 836 772 117.64      
13 A" 350 324 2.25      
14 A" 268 247 2.23      
15 A" 82 76 8.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6684.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6174.4 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.06241 0.05538 0.05133

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.045 0.044 0.000
C2 0.920 -1.220 0.000
O3 0.485 -2.326 0.000
Cl4 -1.657 -0.350 0.000
Cl5 0.485 0.959 1.450
Cl6 0.485 0.959 -1.450
H7 1.990 -0.986 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 H7
C11.53762.41101.74721.77031.77032.2012
C21.53761.18862.72042.65342.65341.0954
O32.41101.18862.91513.59123.59122.0151
Cl41.74722.72042.91512.89932.89933.7026
Cl51.77032.65343.59122.89932.90042.8551
Cl61.77032.65343.59122.89932.90042.8551
H72.20121.09542.01513.70262.85512.8551

picture of trichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 123.851 C1 C2 H7 112.362
C2 C1 Cl4 111.667 C2 C1 Cl5 106.463
C2 C1 Cl6 106.463 O3 C2 H7 123.787
Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.024 Cl4 C1 Cl6 111.024
Cl5 C1 Cl6 110.007
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability