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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-121G

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-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-57.461661
Energy at 298.15K-57.464039
HF Energy-57.066134
Nuclear repulsion energy81.449868
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-121G
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' 3144 3068 1.47      
2 A' 3032 2960 36.51      
3 A' 1561 1524 50.50      
4 A' 1402 1368 4.06      
5 A' 1239 1210 16.89      
6 A' 1073 1047 19.50      
7 A' 745 727 20.61      
8 A' 406 396 5.19      
9 A' 308 301 28.70      
10 A' 241 235 1.72      
11 A" 1256 1225 23.74      
12 A" 1004 980 28.64      
13 A" 680 663 91.96      
14 A" 272 265 2.59      
15 A" 76 74 11.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8219.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.976) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8021.8 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-121G
ABC
0.09556 0.08817 0.04820

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.400 0.010 0.000
C2 -0.181 1.438 0.000
H3 1.494 0.018 0.000
Cl4 -0.181 -0.878 1.547
Cl5 -0.181 -0.878 -1.547
O6 0.579 2.454 0.000
H7 -1.283 1.518 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54221.09451.87621.87622.45092.2594
C21.54222.19632.78582.78581.26871.1045
H31.09452.19632.45042.45042.60203.1560
Cl41.87622.78582.45043.09483.75183.0575
Cl51.87622.78582.45043.09483.75183.0575
O62.45091.26872.60203.75183.75182.0841
H72.25941.10453.15603.05753.05752.0841

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.054 C1 C2 H7 116.246
C2 C1 H3 111.684 C2 C1 Cl4 108.771
C2 C1 Cl5 108.771 H3 C1 Cl4 108.253
H3 C1 Cl5 108.253 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.127
O6 C2 H7 122.700
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-57.457983
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-57.062041
Nuclear repulsion energy82.077237
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-121G
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 3102 3027 5.97 81.62 0.17 0.29
2 A 3001 2929 42.66 139.17 0.29 0.45
3 A 1564 1527 60.71 6.44 0.50 0.66
4 A 1407 1374 8.38 6.48 0.52 0.69
5 A 1253 1223 13.32 6.68 0.74 0.85
6 A 1242 1212 10.96 11.71 0.72 0.84
7 A 1022 998 15.43 1.37 0.34 0.51
8 A 925 903 3.70 8.75 0.65 0.79
9 A 776 758 60.21 9.74 0.73 0.84
10 A 598 584 28.95 13.87 0.08 0.15
11 A 573 560 35.58 11.81 0.55 0.71
12 A 326 318 1.35 6.03 0.28 0.44
13 A 254 248 3.87 8.26 0.64 0.78
14 A 212 207 2.67 2.40 0.72 0.84
15 A 71 69 13.96 2.36 0.73 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8163.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.976) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7967.6 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-121G
ABC
0.11595 0.08136 0.05055

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.091 -0.050 0.544
C2 -0.690 -1.345 0.188
H3 0.222 0.048 1.630
Cl4 1.831 -0.224 -0.170
Cl5 -0.754 1.489 -0.060
O6 -1.849 -1.364 -0.318
H7 -0.143 -2.275 0.434

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.55351.09781.88861.85712.49652.2398
C21.55352.20292.78192.84531.26411.1071
H31.09782.20292.42932.42593.17442.6385
Cl41.88862.78192.42933.10253.85492.9096
Cl51.85712.84532.42593.10253.06693.8452
O62.49651.26413.17443.85493.06692.0748
H72.23981.10712.63852.90963.84522.0748

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.438 C1 C2 H7 113.606
C2 C1 H3 111.219 C2 C1 Cl4 107.440
C2 C1 Cl5 112.776 H3 C1 Cl4 105.803
H3 C1 Cl5 107.572 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.842
O6 C2 H7 121.948
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability