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using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G*

States and conformations

State	Conformation	minimum conformation	conformer description	state description
1	2	yes	C1	¹A

State

Conformation

minimum conformation

conformer description

state description

yes

¹A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Rotational Constants (cm^-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units

Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Electronic energy levels

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

	hartrees
Energy at 0K	-1072.530293
Energy at 298.15K
HF Energy	-1072.299141
Nuclear repulsion energy	265.101927

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 B2PLYP/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	3159	2999	4.16	80.14	0.25	0.40
2	A	3015	2862	53.99	127.48	0.31	0.48
3	A	1830	1737	108.17	11.82	0.47	0.64
4	A	1425	1352	13.69	5.12	0.65	0.79
5	A	1299	1233	15.62	5.97	0.72	0.84
6	A	1267	1202	13.12	10.59	0.74	0.85
7	A	1044	991	12.70	2.55	0.49	0.66
8	A	950	902	9.93	6.81	0.63	0.77
9	A	820	778	83.36	7.04	0.70	0.82
10	A	655	622	36.86	9.72	0.10	0.18
11	A	615	584	34.55	7.19	0.48	0.65
12	A	350	332	1.44	3.69	0.24	0.39
13	A	278	264	3.49	5.55	0.65	0.79
14	A	224	212	2.65	1.46	0.71	0.83
15	A	84	80	10.31	2.17	0.73	0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8506.9 cm^-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8074.7 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*

A	B	C
0.12457	0.08833	0.05465

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units

Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C₁

Cartesians (Å)

Atom	x (Å)	y (Å)	z (Å)
C1	0.101	-0.029	0.515
C2	-0.717	-1.284	0.183
H3	0.224	0.050	1.596
Cl4	1.747	-0.262	-0.165
Cl5	-0.675	1.451	-0.058
O6	-1.820	-1.271	-0.306
H7	-0.190	-2.217	0.453

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)

	C1	C2	H3	Cl4	Cl5	O6	H7
C1		1.5342	1.0906	1.7963	1.7663	2.4295	2.2083
C2	1.5342		2.1588	2.6896	2.7457	1.2058	1.1055
H3	1.0906	2.1588		2.3492	2.3463	3.0877	2.5724
Cl4	1.7963	2.6896	2.3492		2.9683	3.7087	2.8200
Cl5	1.7663	2.7457	2.3463	2.9683		2.9632	3.7352
O6	2.4295	1.2058	3.0877	3.7087	2.9632		2.0314
H7	2.2083	1.1055	2.5724	2.8200	3.7352	2.0314

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2

More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles

atom1	atom2	atom3	angle	atom1	atom2	atom3	angle
C1	C2	O6	124.489	C1	C2	H7	112.551
C2	C1	H3	109.508	C2	C1	Cl4	107.456
C2	C1	Cl5	112.404	H3	C1	Cl4	106.343
H3	C1	Cl5	108.081	Cl4	C1	Cl5	112.850
O6	C2	H7	122.956

Electronic energy levels

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)

Number	Element	Mulliken
1	C	-0.397
2	C	0.267
3	H	0.257
4	Cl	-0.002
5	Cl	0.033
6	O	-0.322
7	H	0.164

Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)

	x	y	z	Total
	1.123	-0.928	1.955	2.438
CHELPG
AIM
ESP

Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å

Primitive
	x	y	z
x	-47.702	-1.886	-1.116
y	-1.886	-41.615	-1.428
z	-1.116	-1.428	-40.162

Traceless
	x	y	z
x	-6.813	-1.886	-1.116
y	-1.886	2.316	-1.428
z	-1.116	-1.428	4.496

Polar
3z²-r²	8.993
x²-y²	-6.086
xy	-1.886
xz	-1.116
yz	-1.428

Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å³ (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.

	x	y	z
x	7.620	-0.743	0.176
y	-0.743	6.558	-0.316
z	0.176	-0.316	4.227

<r²> (average value of r²) Å²

<r²>	186.784
(<r²>)^1/2	13.667

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using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G*

States and conformations

Conformer 1 (C1)

Conformer 2 (C1)

All results from a given calculation for CHCl₂CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)