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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 C1 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.307039
Energy at 298.15K-1071.309690
HF Energy-1070.700820
Nuclear repulsion energy264.715509
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' 3309 3057 1.11      
2 A' 3154 2913 35.64      
3 A' 1955 1806 154.36      
4 A' 1487 1374 5.59      
5 A' 1312 1212 9.37      
6 A' 1147 1060 22.92      
7 A' 850 785 27.83      
8 A' 466 431 5.46      
9 A' 348 322 27.36      
10 A' 275 254 2.23      
11 A" 1352 1249 31.63      
12 A" 1088 1005 21.42      
13 A" 822 759 105.10      
14 A" 299 276 2.75      
15 A" 78 72 10.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8971.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8286.6 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.10635 0.09575 0.05304

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 0.378 -0.018 0.000
C2 -0.171 1.397 0.000
H3 1.459 0.008 0.000
Cl4 -0.171 -0.840 1.465
Cl5 -0.171 -0.840 -1.465
O6 0.549 2.352 0.000
H7 -1.266 1.468 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51801.08121.76741.76742.37672.2159
C21.51802.14132.67422.67421.19611.0969
H31.08122.14132.35022.35022.51463.0909
Cl41.76742.67422.35022.93033.58562.9447
Cl51.76742.67422.35022.93033.58562.9447
O62.37671.19612.51463.58563.58562.0185
H72.21591.09693.09092.94472.94472.0185

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.804 C1 C2 H7 114.905
C2 C1 H3 109.798 C2 C1 Cl4 108.735
C2 C1 Cl5 108.735 H3 C1 Cl4 108.783
H3 C1 Cl5 108.783 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.991
O6 C2 H7 123.291
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.304623
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.698108
Nuclear repulsion energy267.381198
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 3255 3006 4.61      
2 A 3138 2899 42.67      
3 A 1964 1814 130.40      
4 A 1486 1373 17.20      
5 A 1371 1266 12.71      
6 A 1336 1234 16.22      
7 A 1112 1027 11.47      
8 A 1009 932 7.66      
9 A 900 832 78.47      
10 A 697 644 37.37      
11 A 649 599 29.08      
12 A 372 344 0.81      
13 A 295 273 3.82      
14 A 236 218 3.59      
15 A 83 77 13.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8951.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8268.8 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.12694 0.08974 0.05547

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.100 -0.037 0.504
C2 -0.739 -1.265 0.167
H3 0.210 0.027 1.581
Cl4 1.728 -0.288 -0.160
Cl5 -0.635 1.451 -0.057
O6 -1.840 -1.223 -0.291
H7 -0.233 -2.210 0.406

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52531.08521.77521.75192.40892.2002
C21.52532.13832.67342.72741.19321.0979
H31.08522.13832.33122.32913.04482.5654
Cl41.77522.67342.33122.93523.69072.8033
Cl51.75192.72742.32912.93522.94233.7117
O62.40891.19323.04483.69072.94232.0107
H72.20021.09792.56542.80333.71172.0107

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.330 C1 C2 H7 113.009
C2 C1 H3 108.826 C2 C1 Cl4 107.954
C2 C1 Cl5 112.478 H3 C1 Cl4 106.677
H3 C1 Cl5 108.046 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.647
O6 C2 H7 122.652
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability