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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.454348
Energy at 298.15K-1071.456848
HF Energy-1070.698317
Nuclear repulsion energy262.417049
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' 3178 3048        
2 A' 3008 2885        
3 A' 1802 1729        
4 A' 1423 1365        
5 A' 1250 1200        
6 A' 1094 1049        
7 A' 805 773        
8 A' 442 424        
9 A' 331 317        
10 A' 262 251        
11 A" 1296 1243        
12 A" 1014 972        
13 A" 767 736        
14 A" 284 272        
15 A" 72 69        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8513.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8166.6 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
0.10452 0.09421 0.05217

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 0.383 -0.021 0.000
C2 -0.173 1.401 0.000
H3 1.474 0.006 0.000
Cl4 -0.173 -0.846 1.478
Cl5 -0.173 -0.846 -1.478
O6 0.555 2.375 0.000
H7 -1.280 1.467 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52681.09181.78161.78162.40232.2310
C21.52682.15872.68952.68951.21641.1084
H31.09182.15872.37172.37172.54113.1174
Cl41.78162.68952.37172.95563.61822.9594
Cl51.78162.68952.37172.95563.61822.9594
O62.40231.21642.54113.61823.61822.0474
H72.23101.10843.11742.95942.95942.0474

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.859 C1 C2 H7 114.766
C2 C1 H3 109.936 C2 C1 Cl4 108.523
C2 C1 Cl5 108.523 H3 C1 Cl4 108.878
H3 C1 Cl5 108.878 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.089
O6 C2 H7 123.375
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.454348
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.698308
Nuclear repulsion energy262.398872
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 3180 3050        
2 A 3010 2888        
3 A 1801 1728        
4 A 1423 1365        
5 A 1295 1242        
6 A 1250 1199        
7 A 1094 1049        
8 A 1013 972        
9 A 805 772        
10 A 766 734        
11 A 442 424        
12 A 330 317        
13 A 283 272        
14 A 262 251        
15 A 72 69        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8512.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8165.8 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
0.10452 0.09419 0.05217

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 -0.040 -0.001 0.382
C2 -1.357 -0.015 -0.390
H3 -0.237 -0.003 1.455
Cl4 0.879 -1.469 -0.039
Cl5 0.846 1.486 -0.039
O6 -2.433 -0.022 0.178
H7 -1.249 -0.018 -1.493

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52661.09161.78211.78222.40172.2310
C21.52662.15902.69022.68931.21651.1082
H31.09162.15902.37232.37202.54093.1175
Cl41.78212.69022.37232.95573.62092.9583
Cl51.78222.68932.37202.95573.61592.9608
O62.40171.21652.54093.62093.61592.0475
H72.23101.10823.11752.95832.96082.0475

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.806 C1 C2 H7 114.794
C2 C1 H3 109.985 C2 C1 Cl4 108.548
C2 C1 Cl5 108.489 H3 C1 Cl4 108.900
H3 C1 Cl5 108.867 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.039
O6 C2 H7 123.400
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability