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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.419393
Energy at 298.15K-1071.421965
HF Energy-1070.699941
Nuclear repulsion energy263.572092
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3242 3043 0.82      
2 A' 3080 2891 34.43      
3 A' 1896 1779 117.34      
4 A' 1454 1364 4.46      
5 A' 1276 1198 8.04      
6 A' 1122 1053 21.43      
7 A' 828 777 24.54      
8 A' 455 427 5.08      
9 A' 339 318 25.53      
10 A' 267 251 2.22      
11 A" 1320 1239 27.62      
12 A" 1045 981 23.77      
13 A" 794 745 93.57      
14 A" 290 272 2.70      
15 A" 75 70 9.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8739.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8203.3 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
0.10533 0.09510 0.05262

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.380 -0.019 0.000
C2 -0.173 1.399 0.000
H3 1.467 0.009 0.000
Cl4 -0.173 -0.843 1.472
Cl5 -0.173 -0.843 -1.472
O6 0.553 2.361 0.000
H7 -1.273 1.470 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52141.08691.77531.77532.38612.2251
C21.52142.14892.68162.68161.20531.1031
H31.08692.14892.36232.36232.52303.1052
Cl41.77532.68162.36232.94443.59972.9544
Cl51.77532.68162.36232.94443.59972.9544
O62.38611.20532.52303.59973.59972.0321
H72.22511.10313.10522.95442.95442.0321

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.677 C1 C2 H7 115.025
C2 C1 H3 109.825 C2 C1 Cl4 108.615
C2 C1 Cl5 108.615 H3 C1 Cl4 108.862
H3 C1 Cl5 108.862 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.045
O6 C2 H7 123.298
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.416994
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.697206
Nuclear repulsion energy266.282238
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 MP3/6-31G*
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 3189 2993 3.94      
2 A 3065 2877 41.12      
3 A 1905 1788 99.39      
4 A 1453 1364 14.54      
5 A 1332 1251 14.10      
6 A 1302 1222 12.66      
7 A 1077 1011 12.62      
8 A 979 919 5.93      
9 A 872 819 70.84      
10 A 679 638 31.86      
11 A 633 594 28.89      
12 A 362 340 0.84      
13 A 287 269 3.57      
14 A 232 217 3.26      
15 A 80 75 11.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8723.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8187.7 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
0.12615 0.08898 0.05510

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.102 -0.035 0.509
C2 -0.728 -1.274 0.171
H3 0.215 0.034 1.592
Cl4 1.737 -0.277 -0.162
Cl5 -0.652 1.450 -0.057
O6 -1.836 -1.239 -0.295
H7 -0.214 -2.221 0.412

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52951.09081.78361.75922.41922.2109
C21.52952.14992.67992.73501.20241.1040
H31.09082.14992.34262.34043.06412.5809
Cl41.78362.67992.34262.94893.70272.8139
Cl51.75922.73502.34042.94892.94793.7268
O62.41921.20243.06413.70272.94792.0238
H72.21091.10402.58092.81393.72682.0238

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.194 C1 C2 H7 113.185
C2 C1 H3 109.114 C2 C1 Cl4 107.723
C2 C1 Cl5 112.341 H3 C1 Cl4 106.678
H3 C1 Cl5 108.110 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.683
O6 C2 H7 122.614
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability