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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/LANL2DZ

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/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-167.308143
Energy at 298.15K-167.311415
HF Energy-166.973496
Nuclear repulsion energy93.067602
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/LANL2DZ
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 3208 3090 5.82      
2 A 3105 2990 13.61      
3 A 3053 2940 67.79      
4 A 1577 1519 60.25      
5 A 1494 1439 7.42      
6 A 1416 1364 3.47      
7 A 1324 1275 15.26      
8 A 1204 1160 8.61      
9 A 1061 1022 20.81      
10 A 1020 982 3.90      
11 A 833 802 5.12      
12 A 678 653 18.72      
13 A 442 426 12.29      
14 A 284 273 10.51      
15 A 83 80 16.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10390.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10007.3 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.84131 0.08668 0.08310

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.043 0.748 0.127
C2 1.188 -0.255 0.318
Cl3 -1.577 -0.200 -0.091
O4 2.288 -0.153 -0.303
H5 -0.090 1.373 1.023
H6 0.199 1.361 -0.770
H7 1.008 -1.069 1.048

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.53401.88972.45721.10021.09712.2540
C21.53402.79551.26792.18592.18461.1076
Cl31.88972.79553.87122.43422.45992.9551
O42.45721.26793.87123.12142.62202.0741
H51.10022.18592.43423.12141.81572.6774
H61.09712.18462.45992.62201.81573.1402
H72.25401.10762.95512.07412.67743.1402

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.278 C1 C2 H7 116.204
C2 C1 Cl3 109.031 C2 C1 H5 111.089
C2 C1 H6 111.166 Cl3 C1 H5 105.968
Cl3 C1 H6 107.925 O4 C2 H7 121.509
H5 C1 H6 111.449
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-167.305245
Energy at 298.15K-167.308591
HF Energy-166.969175
Nuclear repulsion energy94.234397
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/LANL2DZ
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' 3082 2969 24.13      
2 A' 2989 2878 92.72      
3 A' 1599 1540 59.30      
4 A' 1491 1436 24.43      
5 A' 1417 1365 10.68      
6 A' 1329 1280 17.76      
7 A' 950 915 5.14      
8 A' 740 713 2.16      
9 A' 583 561 34.41      
10 A' 206 199 2.23      
11 A" 3161 3044 7.14      
12 A" 1213 1168 3.67      
13 A" 1037 998 0.13      
14 A" 728 701 4.32      
15 A" 141 136 2.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10332.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9950.8 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.46861 0.11882 0.09656

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.966 0.000
C2 1.399 0.327 0.000
Cl3 -1.392 -0.281 0.000
O4 1.661 -0.907 0.000
H5 -0.118 1.591 0.900
H6 -0.118 1.591 -0.900
H7 2.213 1.086 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.53761.86852.50351.10171.10172.2162
C21.53762.85581.26192.16952.16951.1130
Cl31.86852.85583.11632.43622.43623.8550
O42.50351.26193.11633.19603.19602.0680
H51.10172.16952.43623.19601.79932.5491
H61.10172.16952.43623.19601.79932.5491
H72.21621.11303.85502.06802.54912.5491

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.552 C1 C2 H7 112.474
C2 C1 Cl3 113.591 C2 C1 H5 109.454
C2 C1 H6 109.454 Cl3 C1 H5 107.382
Cl3 C1 H6 107.382 O4 C2 H7 120.974
H5 C1 H6 109.490
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability