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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=FULL/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 CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.484174
Energy at 298.15K-1071.486686
HF Energy-1070.698594
Nuclear repulsion energy262.749403
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 CCSD(T)=FULL/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' 3180 3087        
2 A' 3012 2923        
3 A' 1810 1757        
4 A' 1426 1384        
5 A' 1253 1217        
6 A' 1098 1065        
7 A' 808 784        
8 A' 444 431        
9 A' 332 322        
10 A' 263 255        
11 A" 1297 1259        
12 A" 1017 987        
13 A" 770 747        
14 A" 286 277        
15 A" 72 70        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8531.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9707) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8281.9 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.10480 0.09445 0.05230

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.383 -0.020 0.000
C2 -0.173 1.399 0.000
H3 1.474 0.008 0.000
Cl4 -0.173 -0.845 1.476
Cl5 -0.173 -0.845 -1.476
O6 0.554 2.373 0.000
H7 -1.279 1.464 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52431.09141.77941.77942.39932.2283
C21.52432.15582.68582.68581.21491.1079
H31.09142.15582.36982.36982.53783.1143
Cl41.77942.68582.36982.95173.61382.9554
Cl51.77942.68582.36982.95173.61382.9554
O62.39931.21492.53783.61383.61382.0454
H72.22831.10793.11432.95542.95542.0454

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.894 C1 C2 H7 114.754
C2 C1 H3 109.902 C2 C1 Cl4 108.524
C2 C1 Cl5 108.524 H3 C1 Cl4 108.903
H3 C1 Cl5 108.903 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.070
O6 C2 H7 123.351
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.484174
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.698590
Nuclear repulsion energy262.736059
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 CCSD(T)=FULL/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 3183 3090        
2 A 3014 2925        
3 A 1810 1757        
4 A 1426 1384        
5 A 1295 1257        
6 A 1252 1215        
7 A 1098 1065        
8 A 1016 986        
9 A 808 784        
10 A 768 746        
11 A 445 432        
12 A 333 323        
13 A 285 277        
14 A 263 256        
15 A 73 70        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8534.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9707) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8284.0 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.10480 0.09443 0.05230

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.040 -0.001 0.381
C2 -1.355 -0.012 -0.389
H3 -0.238 -0.002 1.455
Cl4 0.875 -1.469 -0.039
Cl5 0.849 1.483 -0.039
O6 -2.430 -0.017 0.177
H7 -1.247 -0.012 -1.492

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52421.09111.77951.78022.39882.2283
C21.52422.15602.68662.68541.21511.1077
H31.09112.15602.37042.36972.53773.1143
Cl41.77952.68662.37042.95163.61592.9550
Cl51.78022.68542.36972.95163.61212.9557
O62.39881.21512.53773.61593.61212.0455
H72.22831.10773.11432.95502.95572.0455

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.851 C1 C2 H7 114.772
C2 C1 H3 109.947 C2 C1 Cl4 108.571
C2 C1 Cl5 108.466 H3 C1 Cl4 108.962
H3 C1 Cl5 108.860 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.021
O6 C2 H7 123.377
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability