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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-57.914256
Energy at 298.15K-57.916794
HF Energy-57.192982
Nuclear repulsion energy84.083954
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' 3197 3046 1.18      
2 A' 3042 2899 39.71      
3 A' 1731 1649 107.13      
4 A' 1413 1347 2.04      
5 A' 1243 1185 11.70      
6 A' 1097 1045 21.30      
7 A' 808 769 22.26      
8 A' 441 420 4.52      
9 A' 329 313 25.10      
10 A' 258 246 2.14      
11 A" 1285 1224 28.90      
12 A" 1007 960 30.98      
13 A" 779 742 107.91      
14 A" 292 278 3.11      
15 A" 83 79 8.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8501.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8100.1 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-121G*
ABC
0.10380 0.09385 0.05193

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 0.396 -0.025 0.000
C2 -0.175 1.399 0.000
H3 1.486 -0.005 0.000
Cl4 -0.175 -0.846 1.482
Cl5 -0.175 -0.846 -1.482
O6 0.554 2.383 0.000
H7 -1.280 1.459 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53341.09041.78841.78842.41292.2375
C21.53342.17492.68992.68991.22551.1059
H31.09042.17492.37992.37992.56353.1290
Cl41.78842.68992.37992.96483.62732.9544
Cl51.78842.68992.37992.96483.62732.9544
O62.41291.22552.56353.62733.62732.0538
H72.23751.10593.12902.95442.95442.0538

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.592 C1 C2 H7 114.978
C2 C1 H3 110.846 C2 C1 Cl4 107.901
C2 C1 Cl5 107.901 H3 C1 Cl4 109.112
H3 C1 Cl5 109.112 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.972
O6 C2 H7 123.430
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-57.910480
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-57.189088
Nuclear repulsion energy84.757500
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 3147 2999 6.29 78.55 0.20 0.33
2 A 3021 2879 51.76 137.39 0.29 0.45
3 A 1741 1659 95.55 10.66 0.44 0.61
4 A 1407 1341 12.27 4.95 0.53 0.69
5 A 1295 1233 18.18 4.84 0.61 0.76
6 A 1265 1205 12.16 7.51 0.75 0.86
7 A 1040 991 17.38 1.79 0.42 0.60
8 A 944 900 6.35 6.64 0.60 0.75
9 A 844 804 79.99 7.09 0.72 0.83
10 A 663 632 29.39 10.22 0.06 0.11
11 A 625 596 32.22 6.03 0.60 0.75
12 A 346 330 1.30 2.94 0.22 0.37
13 A 279 266 3.75 5.45 0.64 0.78
14 A 220 210 2.65 1.39 0.71 0.83
15 A 78 74 10.61 2.07 0.73 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8458.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8059.2 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
0.12280 0.08864 0.05471

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 0.105 -0.019 0.534
C2 -0.712 -1.289 0.208
H3 0.238 0.070 1.616
Cl4 1.739 -0.264 -0.174
Cl5 -0.675 1.456 -0.058
O6 -1.810 -1.282 -0.328
H7 -0.203 -2.224 0.515

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54551.09401.79761.77032.45052.2263
C21.54552.17612.68452.75831.22171.1072
H31.09402.17612.36002.35743.13082.5827
Cl41.79762.68452.36002.96673.69542.8437
Cl51.77032.75832.35742.96672.97543.7535
O62.45051.22173.13083.69542.97542.0444
H72.22631.10722.58272.84373.75352.0444

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.224 C1 C2 H7 113.086
C2 C1 H3 109.875 C2 C1 Cl4 106.587
C2 C1 Cl5 112.400 H3 C1 Cl4 106.867
H3 C1 Cl5 108.454 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.501
O6 C2 H7 122.690
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability