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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-57.863198
Energy at 298.15K-57.865696
HF Energy-57.185523
Nuclear repulsion energy83.736231
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 3050 2.52      
2 A' 3065 2910 48.07      
3 A' 1762 1673 110.67      
4 A' 1402 1331 3.83      
5 A' 1240 1177 11.80      
6 A' 1100 1045 23.36      
7 A' 806 765 23.25      
8 A' 438 416 4.47      
9 A' 324 308 25.55      
10 A' 258 245 2.29      
11 A" 1278 1213 28.60      
12 A" 1011 960 37.67      
13 A" 783 744 107.96      
14 A" 282 268 3.95      
15 A" 79 75 9.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8520.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8089.6 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
0.10322 0.09293 0.05152

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 0.388 -0.027 0.000
C2 -0.176 1.409 0.000
H3 1.488 -0.007 0.000
Cl4 -0.176 -0.850 1.487
Cl5 -0.176 -0.850 -1.487
O6 0.565 2.392 0.000
H7 -1.287 1.481 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54371.09951.79031.79032.42632.2543
C21.54372.18492.70452.70451.23111.1132
H31.09952.18492.38512.38512.57083.1484
Cl41.79032.70452.38512.97313.64322.9794
Cl51.79032.70452.38512.97313.64322.9794
O62.42631.23112.57083.64323.64322.0641
H72.25431.11323.14842.97942.97942.0641

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.547 C1 C2 H7 115.135
C2 C1 H3 110.384 C2 C1 Cl4 108.201
C2 C1 Cl5 108.201 H3 C1 Cl4 108.894
H3 C1 Cl5 108.894 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.264
O6 C2 H7 123.319
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-57.859998
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-57.181761
Nuclear repulsion energy84.394777
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 3167 3007 8.63 87.11 0.18 0.31
2 A 3047 2893 63.08 117.03 0.31 0.47
3 A 1772 1682 104.37 9.01 0.38 0.55
4 A 1395 1325 14.59 4.64 0.59 0.74
5 A 1293 1228 14.63 4.43 0.67 0.80
6 A 1263 1199 14.80 7.53 0.74 0.85
7 A 1044 991 19.17 2.27 0.33 0.50
8 A 945 897 6.20 5.16 0.60 0.75
9 A 850 807 84.61 7.82 0.71 0.83
10 A 661 628 31.54 9.30 0.06 0.11
11 A 623 591 29.37 6.91 0.59 0.74
12 A 346 328 1.46 3.76 0.28 0.43
13 A 278 264 3.76 6.38 0.66 0.79
14 A 217 206 2.77 1.65 0.71 0.83
15 A 84 80 12.68 1.69 0.73 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8492.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8062.6 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
0.12200 0.08776 0.05414

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 0.107 -0.019 0.525
C2 -0.733 -1.286 0.202
H3 0.239 0.065 1.617
Cl4 1.745 -0.285 -0.172
Cl5 -0.657 1.469 -0.058
O6 -1.844 -1.268 -0.321
H7 -0.225 -2.231 0.504

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.55421.10261.79961.77162.46612.2373
C21.55422.18422.69832.76831.22771.1149
H31.10262.18422.36412.36243.14152.5933
Cl41.79962.69832.36412.97633.72342.8507
Cl51.77162.76832.36242.97632.99483.7678
O62.46611.22773.14153.72342.99482.0562
H72.23731.11492.59332.85073.76782.0562

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.457 C1 C2 H7 112.874
C2 C1 H3 109.417 C2 C1 Cl4 106.906
C2 C1 Cl5 112.520 H3 C1 Cl4 106.612
H3 C1 Cl5 108.295 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.895
O6 C2 H7 122.667
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability