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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.428953
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.428953
Nuclear repulsion energy263.512179
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3040 2990 3.55 90.66 0.22 0.36
2 A 2870 2823 65.27 146.49 0.33 0.49
3 A 1801 1772 121.52 17.62 0.40 0.57
4 A 1362 1339 11.36 5.87 0.71 0.83
5 A 1229 1208 16.54 7.35 0.75 0.86
6 A 1192 1173 9.61 11.62 0.73 0.85
7 A 989 973 13.28 2.54 0.59 0.74
8 A 900 885 11.63 6.40 0.56 0.71
9 A 765 752 86.23 5.33 0.61 0.76
10 A 625 615 39.27 9.37 0.10 0.17
11 A 590 580 43.19 7.94 0.43 0.60
12 A 330 324 2.30 3.90 0.21 0.35
13 A 266 262 3.39 6.72 0.64 0.78
14 A 211 208 1.92 1.83 0.71 0.83
15 A 84 82 8.20 2.14 0.69 0.82

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8126.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7992.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.12200 0.08778 0.05414

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.099 -0.015 0.522
C2 -0.692 -1.300 0.203
H3 0.234 0.078 1.613
Cl4 1.757 -0.235 -0.171
Cl5 -0.715 1.450 -0.059
O6 -1.782 -1.327 -0.323
H7 -0.142 -2.222 0.522

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54281.10261.81051.77402.44442.2196
C21.54282.17842.69712.76291.21011.1200
H31.10262.17842.36602.36163.12832.5726
Cl41.81052.69712.36602.99383.70692.8339
Cl51.77402.76292.36162.99382.98713.7613
O62.44441.21013.12833.70692.98712.0507
H72.21961.12002.57262.83393.76132.0507

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.786 C1 C2 H7 111.954
C2 C1 H3 109.747 C2 C1 Cl4 106.817
C2 C1 Cl5 112.631 H3 C1 Cl4 106.062
H3 C1 Cl5 108.087 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.275
O6 C2 H7 123.259
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.441      
2 C 0.247      
3 H 0.265      
4 Cl 0.014      
5 Cl 0.050      
6 O -0.293      
7 H 0.158      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.014 -0.794 1.937 2.326
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.790 -1.854 -1.031
y -1.854 -41.499 -1.423
z -1.031 -1.423 -39.967
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.057 -1.854 -1.031
y -1.854 1.880 -1.423
z -1.031 -1.423 4.177
Polar
3z2-r28.355
x2-y2-5.291
xy-1.854
xz-1.031
yz-1.423


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.079 -0.689 0.205
y -0.689 7.018 -0.349
z 0.205 -0.349 4.400


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 188.303
(<r2>)1/2 13.722