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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 bisecting, trans 1A
1 2 no CS eclipsed, cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-43.296376
Energy at 298.15K-43.299617
HF Energy-42.988138
Nuclear repulsion energy56.510784
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 MP2/CEP-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 3213 3104 8.83      
2 A 3105 3001 20.35      
3 A 3057 2954 76.64      
4 A 1569 1516 55.03      
5 A 1483 1433 6.36      
6 A 1397 1350 4.66      
7 A 1319 1274 22.39      
8 A 1195 1155 7.78      
9 A 1062 1026 22.74      
10 A 1008 974 4.27      
11 A 823 795 9.13      
12 A 688 664 21.43      
13 A 436 422 12.71      
14 A 277 268 11.34      
15 A 73 71 19.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10351.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10003.0 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 MP2/CEP-31G
ABC
0.86314 0.08482 0.08127

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.039 0.736 0.143
C2 1.195 -0.288 0.293
Cl3 -1.595 -0.191 -0.092
O4 2.322 -0.123 -0.289
H5 -0.077 1.341 1.062
H6 0.202 1.374 -0.744
H7 1.009 -1.168 0.950

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.55161.89322.47631.10701.10432.2839
C21.55162.81851.27802.20592.19591.1141
Cl31.89322.81853.92202.44602.47052.9699
O42.47631.27803.92203.11792.63402.0855
H51.10702.20592.44603.11791.82752.7365
H61.10432.19592.47052.63401.82753.1591
H72.28391.11412.96992.08552.73653.1591

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.830 C1 C2 H7 116.960
C2 C1 Cl3 109.410 C2 C1 H5 111.034
C2 C1 H6 110.415 Cl3 C1 H5 106.259
Cl3 C1 H6 108.109 O4 C2 H7 121.198
H5 C1 H6 111.469
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-43.293257
Energy at 298.15K-43.296580
HF Energy-42.983714
Nuclear repulsion energy57.386756
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 MP2/CEP-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' 3085 2981 34.52      
2 A' 2996 2895 112.77      
3 A' 1589 1535 58.15      
4 A' 1479 1429 19.37      
5 A' 1395 1348 12.15      
6 A' 1329 1284 15.48      
7 A' 955 923 5.11      
8 A' 741 716 3.07      
9 A' 584 564 36.56      
10 A' 205 198 2.39      
11 A" 3170 3063 11.95      
12 A" 1195 1155 6.27      
13 A" 1021 986 0.35      
14 A" 720 696 6.08      
15 A" 130 125 2.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10296.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9949.9 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 MP2/CEP-31G
ABC
0.46055 0.11776 0.09554

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.976 0.000
C2 1.410 0.322 0.000
Cl3 -1.398 -0.274 0.000
O4 1.662 -0.926 0.000
H5 -0.115 1.605 0.905
H6 -0.115 1.605 -0.905
H7 2.242 1.072 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.55441.87572.52561.10841.10842.2437
C21.55442.87081.27252.18902.18901.1200
Cl31.87572.87083.12892.44922.44923.8808
O42.52561.27253.12893.22193.22192.0797
H51.10842.18902.44923.22191.81092.5801
H61.10842.18902.44923.22191.81092.5801
H72.24371.12003.88082.07972.58012.5801

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.322 C1 C2 H7 113.060
C2 C1 Cl3 113.305 C2 C1 H5 109.441
C2 C1 H6 109.441 Cl3 C1 H5 107.520
Cl3 C1 H6 107.520 O4 C2 H7 120.618
H5 C1 H6 109.541
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability