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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-57.405554
Energy at 298.15K-57.407911
HF Energy-57.057318
Nuclear repulsion energy81.055251
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' 3198 3090 3.31      
2 A' 3080 2976 51.13      
3 A' 1563 1510 46.06      
4 A' 1391 1344 3.85      
5 A' 1247 1205 16.01      
6 A' 1071 1034 21.88      
7 A' 746 720 20.74      
8 A' 404 390 5.38      
9 A' 313 303 28.75      
10 A' 242 234 1.90      
11 A" 1254 1212 24.63      
12 A" 997 964 36.61      
13 A" 692 669 86.76      
14 A" 267 258 3.74      
15 A" 82 79 12.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8272.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7993.6 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
0.09517 0.08699 0.04777

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 0.392 0.006 0.000
C2 -0.182 1.454 0.000
H3 1.496 0.022 0.000
Cl4 -0.182 -0.884 1.550
Cl5 -0.182 -0.884 -1.550
O6 0.591 2.467 0.000
H7 -1.291 1.547 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.55721.10421.87801.87802.46852.2813
C21.55722.20642.80542.80541.27441.1124
H31.10422.20642.45792.45792.60743.1769
Cl41.87802.80542.45793.10093.77253.0891
Cl51.87802.80542.45793.10093.77253.0891
O62.46851.27442.60743.77253.77252.0945
H72.28131.11243.17693.08913.08912.0945

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.008 C1 C2 H7 116.437
C2 C1 H3 110.848 C2 C1 Cl4 109.151
C2 C1 Cl5 109.151 H3 C1 Cl4 108.199
H3 C1 Cl5 108.199 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.295
O6 C2 H7 122.555
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-57.402201
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-57.053358
Nuclear repulsion energy81.694363
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 3158 3051 9.55 105.22 0.17 0.29
2 A 3053 2950 64.50 138.04 0.30 0.46
3 A 1565 1512 59.56 5.20 0.45 0.62
4 A 1394 1347 9.00 7.19 0.59 0.74
5 A 1260 1217 10.78 7.27 0.75 0.86
6 A 1244 1202 13.94 12.28 0.70 0.82
7 A 1015 981 18.10 1.89 0.30 0.46
8 A 921 890 3.74 7.37 0.61 0.76
9 A 784 758 61.18 11.31 0.73 0.84
10 A 598 578 24.98 14.33 0.06 0.11
11 A 578 559 37.96 12.02 0.63 0.78
12 A 329 317 1.68 7.31 0.31 0.48
13 A 255 246 3.98 9.45 0.66 0.80
14 A 210 203 2.83 2.84 0.72 0.84
15 A 76 74 16.73 2.05 0.73 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8219.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7942.1 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
0.11451 0.08088 0.05013

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 0.093 -0.047 0.542
C2 -0.717 -1.342 0.196
H3 0.228 0.047 1.636
Cl4 1.832 -0.249 -0.172
Cl5 -0.731 1.507 -0.059
O6 -1.876 -1.352 -0.325
H7 -0.186 -2.284 0.468

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.56671.10661.89031.85852.51642.2558
C21.56672.21292.79812.86021.27021.1149
H31.10662.21292.43502.43403.19822.6400
Cl41.89032.79812.43503.10873.87142.9367
Cl51.85852.86022.43403.10873.09093.8657
O62.51641.27023.19823.87143.09092.0859
H72.25581.11492.64002.93673.86572.0859

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.677 C1 C2 H7 113.465
C2 C1 H3 110.567 C2 C1 Cl4 107.708
C2 C1 Cl5 112.967 H3 C1 Cl4 105.694
H3 C1 Cl5 107.631 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.046
O6 C2 H7 121.850
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability