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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-181.450318
Energy at 298.15K-181.452692
HF Energy-181.073111
Nuclear repulsion energy124.727985
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' 3210 3092 2.12      
2 A' 3076 2962 45.47      
3 A' 1571 1513 54.35      
4 A' 1410 1358 3.58      
5 A' 1260 1213 13.11      
6 A' 1068 1029 18.33      
7 A' 741 713 19.08      
8 A' 405 390 5.48      
9 A' 314 303 28.35      
10 A' 243 234 1.65      
11 A" 1264 1217 16.57      
12 A" 1013 975 27.02      
13 A" 675 650 76.14      
14 A" 279 269 3.91      
15 A" 86 83 11.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8306.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8000.0 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
0.09604 0.08852 0.04842

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 0.402 0.010 0.000
C2 -0.179 1.434 0.000
H3 1.497 0.009 0.000
Cl4 -0.179 -0.876 1.544
Cl5 -0.179 -0.876 -1.544
O6 0.569 2.453 0.000
H7 -1.284 1.501 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53801.09501.87251.87252.44832.2508
C21.53802.20032.77832.77831.26411.1062
H31.09502.20032.44482.44482.61423.1559
Cl41.87252.77832.44483.08723.74493.0422
Cl51.87252.77832.44483.08723.74493.0422
O62.44831.26412.61423.74493.74492.0822
H72.25081.10623.15593.04223.04222.0822

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.490 C1 C2 H7 115.728
C2 C1 H3 112.279 C2 C1 Cl4 108.703
C2 C1 Cl5 108.703 H3 C1 Cl4 108.068
H3 C1 Cl5 108.068 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.042
O6 C2 H7 122.782
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-181.446856
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-181.068943
Nuclear repulsion energy125.558992
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 3166 3049 7.30 90.39 0.17 0.29
2 A 3045 2933 53.26 129.50 0.26 0.42
3 A 1574 1516 64.64 3.45 0.37 0.54
4 A 1415 1362 7.96 7.94 0.61 0.76
5 A 1273 1226 9.71 5.37 0.75 0.86
6 A 1249 1203 8.86 9.92 0.68 0.81
7 A 1023 985 14.76 1.12 0.37 0.54
8 A 933 898 4.02 6.17 0.65 0.79
9 A 776 747 46.86 9.48 0.73 0.84
10 A 593 571 17.71 15.19 0.05 0.10
11 A 583 561 45.45 12.12 0.73 0.84
12 A 332 320 1.97 5.60 0.28 0.44
13 A 257 247 4.03 8.34 0.65 0.79
14 A 213 205 2.45 2.63 0.72 0.84
15 A 85 82 14.98 2.23 0.73 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8257.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7952.7 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
0.11518 0.08237 0.05095

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 0.087 -0.042 0.548
C2 -0.688 -1.339 0.211
H3 0.228 0.063 1.632
Cl4 1.819 -0.223 -0.175
Cl5 -0.754 1.489 -0.060
O6 -1.821 -1.381 -0.339
H7 -0.147 -2.257 0.516

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54801.09791.88601.84962.49402.2271
C21.54802.19622.77182.84171.25981.1085
H31.09792.19622.42402.42113.18882.6009
Cl41.88602.77182.42403.09303.82402.9118
Cl51.84962.84172.42113.09303.07503.8381
O62.49401.25983.18883.82403.07502.0738
H72.22711.10852.60092.91183.83812.0738

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.990 C1 C2 H7 112.891
C2 C1 H3 111.066 C2 C1 Cl4 107.231
C2 C1 Cl5 113.222 H3 C1 Cl4 105.598
H3 C1 Cl5 107.708 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.779
O6 C2 H7 122.115
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability