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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

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 bisecting, trans 1A
1 2 no CS eclipsed, cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-43.674309
Energy at 298.15K-43.677593
HF Energy-43.096836
Nuclear repulsion energy58.229823
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 3210 3058 1.55      
2 A 3115 2968 10.52      
3 A 3023 2881 61.78      
4 A 1729 1647 106.58      
5 A 1493 1423 8.91      
6 A 1422 1355 5.85      
7 A 1311 1249 25.23      
8 A 1204 1148 6.30      
9 A 1074 1023 26.65      
10 A 1040 991 1.50      
11 A 840 800 23.30      
12 A 724 690 11.84      
13 A 461 439 10.09      
14 A 291 277 11.19      
15 A 55 52 15.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10495.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9999.8 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
0.97511 0.08988 0.08578

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 0.015 0.687 0.143
C2 1.161 -0.320 0.225
Cl3 -1.548 -0.173 -0.084
O4 2.273 -0.076 -0.238
H5 -0.045 1.251 1.079
H6 0.181 1.365 -0.696
H7 0.939 -1.272 0.744

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52841.79782.41361.09471.09082.2484
C21.52842.73021.22882.15702.15611.1069
Cl31.79782.73023.82462.37442.39332.8419
O42.41361.22883.82462.97762.58082.0436
H51.09472.15702.37442.97761.79272.7286
H61.09082.15612.39332.58081.79273.0989
H72.24841.10692.84192.04362.72863.0989

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.802 C1 C2 H7 116.199
C2 C1 Cl3 110.072 C2 C1 H5 109.529
C2 C1 H6 109.677 Cl3 C1 H5 107.865
Cl3 C1 H6 109.452 O4 C2 H7 121.985
H5 C1 H6 110.224
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-43.671759
Energy at 298.15K-43.675183
HF Energy-43.093521
Nuclear repulsion energy59.194282
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' 3097 2950 21.17      
2 A' 2969 2828 99.97      
3 A' 1749 1666 98.72      
4 A' 1487 1417 20.14      
5 A' 1413 1346 14.86      
6 A' 1347 1284 24.79      
7 A' 966 920 3.79      
8 A' 784 747 10.97      
9 A' 642 612 40.07      
10 A' 212 202 2.83      
11 A" 3165 3016 3.17      
12 A" 1217 1160 4.31      
13 A" 1048 998 0.23      
14 A" 701 668 1.68      
15 A" 149 142 1.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10472.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9978.4 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 MP2/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.49422 0.12612 0.10242

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 0.000 0.935 0.000
C2 1.375 0.267 0.000
Cl3 -1.352 -0.226 0.000
O4 1.585 -0.939 0.000
H5 -0.077 1.572 0.888
H6 -0.077 1.572 -0.888
H7 2.211 0.999 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52871.78252.45471.09561.09562.2123
C21.52872.77151.22462.14472.14471.1114
Cl31.78252.77153.02232.37672.37673.7683
O42.45471.22463.02233.13963.13962.0373
H51.09562.14472.37673.13961.77642.5205
H61.09562.14472.37673.13961.77642.5205
H72.21231.11143.76832.03732.52052.5205

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.774 C1 C2 H7 112.890
C2 C1 Cl3 113.426 C2 C1 H5 108.490
C2 C1 H6 108.490 Cl3 C1 H5 108.993
Cl3 C1 H6 108.993 O4 C2 H7 121.336
H5 C1 H6 108.330
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability