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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G*

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 MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.392766
Energy at 298.15K-1071.395316
HF Energy-1070.698443
Nuclear repulsion energy263.472394
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 MP2/6-31G*
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' 3224 3040 0.78      
2 A' 3056 2882 41.17      
3 A' 1787 1685 89.60      
4 A' 1436 1354 2.44      
5 A' 1265 1193 7.70      
6 A' 1107 1044 23.62      
7 A' 823 776 21.61      
8 A' 449 423 4.31      
9 A' 335 316 24.29      
10 A' 267 252 2.26      
11 A" 1318 1243 27.20      
12 A" 1033 974 24.05      
13 A" 791 746 101.14      
14 A" 288 272 2.56      
15 A" 74 70 8.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8625.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8133.9 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
0.10552 0.09486 0.05260

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.382 -0.024 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.399 0.000
H3 1.471 0.005 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.844 1.471
Cl5 -0.172 -0.844 -1.471
O6 0.550 2.372 0.000
H7 -1.278 1.449 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52681.08921.77311.77312.40192.2195
C21.52682.15442.68212.68211.21181.1075
H31.08922.15442.36302.36302.53993.1053
Cl41.77312.68212.36302.94283.60932.9403
Cl51.77312.68212.36302.94283.60932.9403
O62.40191.21182.53993.60933.60932.0481
H72.21951.10753.10532.94032.94032.0481

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.160 C1 C2 H7 113.873
C2 C1 H3 109.756 C2 C1 Cl4 108.508
C2 C1 Cl5 108.508 H3 C1 Cl4 108.940
H3 C1 Cl5 108.940 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.167
O6 C2 H7 123.967
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.390569
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.695713
Nuclear repulsion energy266.222751
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 MP2/6-31G*
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 3173 2992 3.99 75.45 0.26 0.41
2 A 3044 2871 49.24 120.57 0.30 0.46
3 A 1796 1694 75.89 7.25 0.52 0.69
4 A 1434 1352 11.24 5.30 0.61 0.76
5 A 1319 1244 18.00 7.12 0.68 0.81
6 A 1293 1219 9.71 8.83 0.75 0.86
7 A 1062 1001 14.45 2.06 0.39 0.56
8 A 969 914 7.37 7.41 0.64 0.78
9 A 862 812 74.63 6.56 0.71 0.83
10 A 677 638 31.70 7.98 0.09 0.17
11 A 628 593 26.47 5.89 0.51 0.67
12 A 359 338 0.96 3.18 0.26 0.42
13 A 287 270 3.32 4.96 0.66 0.80
14 A 229 216 2.95 1.23 0.70 0.83
15 A 81 76 10.30 2.16 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8605.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8115.1 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
0.12637 0.08890 0.05518

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.107 -0.030 0.513
C2 -0.726 -1.270 0.179
H3 0.225 0.043 1.597
Cl4 1.735 -0.279 -0.165
Cl5 -0.650 1.448 -0.057
O6 -1.842 -1.237 -0.300
H7 -0.212 -2.215 0.434

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53091.09251.78051.75532.43272.2093
C21.53092.15362.67492.72871.21471.1057
H31.09252.15362.34202.33983.08372.5766
Cl41.78052.67492.34202.94603.70522.8092
Cl51.75532.72872.33982.94602.94783.7209
O62.43271.21473.08373.70522.94782.0376
H72.20931.10572.57662.80923.72092.0376

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.364 C1 C2 H7 112.855
C2 C1 H3 109.217 C2 C1 Cl4 107.520
C2 C1 Cl5 112.095 H3 C1 Cl4 106.746
H3 C1 Cl5 108.232 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.855
O6 C2 H7 122.774
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability