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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1070.991658
Energy at 298.15K-1070.994024
HF Energy-1070.580833
Nuclear repulsion energy252.428073
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' 3205 3094 1.60      
2 A' 3072 2965 43.27      
3 A' 1570 1515 54.76      
4 A' 1409 1361 3.21      
5 A' 1254 1210 14.13      
6 A' 1068 1031 20.31      
7 A' 734 709 18.04      
8 A' 404 390 5.63      
9 A' 312 301 26.45      
10 A' 240 231 1.35      
11 A" 1254 1210 17.11      
12 A" 1017 982 25.92      
13 A" 668 645 75.28      
14 A" 280 270 3.95      
15 A" 88 85 11.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8287.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7999.5 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
0.09533 0.08830 0.04818

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 0.409 0.014 0.000
C2 -0.179 1.433 0.000
H3 1.505 0.013 0.000
Cl4 -0.179 -0.878 1.549
Cl5 -0.179 -0.878 -1.549
O6 0.562 2.457 0.000
H7 -1.284 1.494 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53671.09531.88201.88202.44822.2490
C21.53672.20302.78242.78241.26411.1063
H31.09532.20302.45542.45542.61993.1575
Cl41.88202.78242.45543.09893.75133.0407
Cl51.88202.78242.45543.09893.75133.0407
O62.44821.26412.61993.75133.75132.0822
H72.24901.10633.15753.04073.04072.0822

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.578 C1 C2 H7 115.657
C2 C1 H3 112.571 C2 C1 Cl4 108.531
C2 C1 Cl5 108.531 H3 C1 Cl4 108.195
H3 C1 Cl5 108.195 Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.834
O6 C2 H7 122.765
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1070.988017
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.576624
Nuclear repulsion energy255.049901
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 3162 3052 6.40 86.10 0.16 0.28
2 A 3039 2933 51.90 129.49 0.26 0.42
3 A 1573 1519 64.59 3.93 0.37 0.54
4 A 1414 1365 7.84 7.87 0.62 0.77
5 A 1267 1223 10.49 5.28 0.74 0.85
6 A 1237 1194 9.77 10.09 0.68 0.81
7 A 1023 988 15.20 1.21 0.36 0.53
8 A 930 898 3.72 5.89 0.66 0.79
9 A 772 745 44.99 8.76 0.73 0.84
10 A 589 569 13.98 15.59 0.05 0.09
11 A 581 560 48.41 11.89 0.75 0.86
12 A 329 318 2.03 5.33 0.27 0.43
13 A 254 245 3.86 8.00 0.64 0.78
14 A 212 204 2.38 2.59 0.72 0.84
15 A 88 85 14.14 2.14 0.73 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8234.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7948.9 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
0.11453 0.08204 0.05078

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 0.085 -0.042 0.556
C2 -0.670 -1.349 0.216
H3 0.228 0.066 1.639
Cl4 1.826 -0.201 -0.177
Cl5 -0.781 1.483 -0.060
O6 -1.796 -1.407 -0.346
H7 -0.121 -2.260 0.530

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54711.09821.89571.85872.49322.2273
C21.54712.19862.77582.84751.25981.1089
H31.09822.19862.43402.43153.19502.6004
Cl41.89572.77582.43403.10563.82202.9207
Cl51.85872.84752.43153.10563.07703.8459
O62.49321.25983.19503.82203.07702.0735
H72.22731.10892.60042.92073.84592.0735

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.998 C1 C2 H7 112.951
C2 C1 H3 111.307 C2 C1 Cl4 107.027
C2 C1 Cl5 113.140 H3 C1 Cl4 105.667
H3 C1 Cl5 107.854 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.620
O6 C2 H7 122.048
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability