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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.079797
Energy at 298.15K-612.083070
HF Energy-611.727046
Nuclear repulsion energy138.095257
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/SDD
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 3207 3095 5.40      
2 A 3102 2995 12.65      
3 A 3048 2942 66.57      
4 A 1578 1523 61.23      
5 A 1490 1439 7.44      
6 A 1416 1367 3.22      
7 A 1317 1271 16.12      
8 A 1199 1158 9.49      
9 A 1060 1023 21.68      
10 A 1017 982 3.73      
11 A 835 806 4.24      
12 A 670 646 18.51      
13 A 443 427 12.21      
14 A 285 275 9.79      
15 A 85 82 15.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10375.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10015.3 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/SDD
ABC
0.82231 0.08680 0.08318

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.047 0.761 0.117
C2 1.189 -0.240 0.330
Cl3 -1.576 -0.205 -0.089
O4 2.282 -0.170 -0.309
H5 -0.092 1.400 1.002
H6 0.203 1.355 -0.792
H7 1.013 -1.026 1.091

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.53351.90082.45781.10031.09722.2525
C21.53352.79771.26752.18702.18571.1079
Cl31.90082.79773.86472.44352.46932.9619
O42.45781.26753.86473.13332.62312.0739
H51.10032.18702.44353.13331.81832.6671
H61.09722.18572.46932.62311.81833.1419
H72.25251.10792.96192.07392.66713.1419

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.394 C1 C2 H7 116.100
C2 C1 Cl3 108.633 C2 C1 H5 111.209
C2 C1 H6 111.285 Cl3 C1 H5 105.916
Cl3 C1 H6 107.878 O4 C2 H7 121.499
H5 C1 H6 111.674
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.076686
Energy at 298.15K-612.080023
HF Energy-611.722658
Nuclear repulsion energy141.420391
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/SDD
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' 3080 2973 22.63      
2 A' 2983 2880 92.06      
3 A' 1598 1543 59.30      
4 A' 1486 1434 25.03      
5 A' 1417 1367 11.02      
6 A' 1322 1276 18.29      
7 A' 947 914 5.53      
8 A' 738 712 1.82      
9 A' 578 558 33.51      
10 A' 206 198 2.31      
11 A" 3158 3049 6.56      
12 A" 1208 1166 3.87      
13 A" 1030 994 0.28      
14 A" 727 702 4.63      
15 A" 140 135 2.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10307.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9950.2 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/SDD
ABC
0.46598 0.11861 0.09631

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.971 0.000
C2 1.400 0.335 0.000
Cl3 -1.393 -0.290 0.000
O4 1.663 -0.899 0.000
H5 -0.120 1.595 0.900
H6 -0.120 1.595 -0.900
H7 2.214 1.094 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.53751.87862.50301.10181.10182.2177
C21.53752.86141.26182.17002.17001.1134
Cl31.87862.86143.11652.44542.44543.8633
O42.50301.26183.11653.19583.19582.0676
H51.10182.17002.44543.19581.80062.5520
H61.10182.17002.44543.19581.80062.5520
H72.21771.11343.86332.06762.55202.5520

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.518 C1 C2 H7 112.578
C2 C1 Cl3 113.404 C2 C1 H5 109.501
C2 C1 H6 109.501 Cl3 C1 H5 107.384
Cl3 C1 H6 107.384 O4 C2 H7 120.903
H5 C1 H6 109.588
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability