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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.431934
Energy at 298.15K-1071.434470
HF Energy-1070.699001
Nuclear repulsion energy262.925044
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/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' 3202 3049 0.89      
2 A' 3036 2892 41.29      
3 A' 1835 1748 118.00      
4 A' 1435 1367 3.72      
5 A' 1264 1203 8.90      
6 A' 1106 1053 22.49      
7 A' 818 779 23.42      
8 A' 448 426 4.61      
9 A' 335 319 25.06      
10 A' 265 252 2.11      
11 A" 1308 1246 28.39      
12 A" 1031 982 22.21      
13 A" 784 747 97.32      
14 A" 287 274 2.45      
15 A" 71 68 8.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8612.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8201.4 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.10501 0.09446 0.05235

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.381 -0.021 0.000
C2 -0.173 1.401 0.000
H3 1.471 0.006 0.000
Cl4 -0.173 -0.845 1.474
Cl5 -0.173 -0.845 -1.474
O6 0.553 2.372 0.000
H7 -1.277 1.467 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52551.08981.77781.77782.39852.2279
C21.52552.15532.68662.68661.21241.1062
H31.08982.15532.36632.36632.53693.1119
Cl41.77782.68662.36632.94883.61232.9565
Cl51.77782.68662.36632.94883.61232.9565
O62.39851.21242.53693.61233.61232.0416
H72.22791.10623.11192.95652.95652.0416

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.914 C1 C2 H7 114.739
C2 C1 H3 109.873 C2 C1 Cl4 108.603
C2 C1 Cl5 108.603 H3 C1 Cl4 108.841
H3 C1 Cl5 108.841 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.066
O6 C2 H7 123.346
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.429748
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.696232
Nuclear repulsion energy265.615032
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/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 3149 2999 4.41      
2 A 3023 2879 48.86      
3 A 1842 1754 99.40      
4 A 1434 1366 12.84      
5 A 1319 1256 14.64      
6 A 1291 1229 12.92      
7 A 1061 1011 12.75      
8 A 968 922 6.87      
9 A 860 819 72.22      
10 A 672 640 33.03      
11 A 622 593 26.28      
12 A 359 342 0.85      
13 A 285 271 3.39      
14 A 229 218 3.19      
15 A 79 75 11.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8596.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8185.9 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.12584 0.08839 0.05479

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.104 -0.036 0.509
C2 -0.738 -1.272 0.167
H3 0.216 0.031 1.595
Cl4 1.740 -0.287 -0.162
Cl5 -0.642 1.456 -0.058
O6 -1.857 -1.230 -0.291
H7 -0.223 -2.224 0.400

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53371.09371.78591.76182.43062.2150
C21.53372.15522.68622.73891.20981.1070
H31.09372.15522.34732.34483.07222.5894
Cl41.78592.68622.34732.95323.72032.8145
Cl51.76182.73892.34482.95322.95693.7320
O62.43061.20983.07223.72032.95692.0332
H72.21501.10702.58942.81453.73202.0332

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.309 C1 C2 H7 113.030
C2 C1 H3 109.078 C2 C1 Cl4 107.791
C2 C1 Cl5 112.241 H3 C1 Cl4 106.728
H3 C1 Cl5 108.117 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.698
O6 C2 H7 122.651
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability