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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.641090
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.641090
Nuclear repulsion energy267.384083
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3113 2993 5.72 80.84 0.15 0.26
2 A 2954 2840 45.82 135.36 0.28 0.43
3 A 1863 1792 153.96 20.18 0.39 0.56
4 A 1391 1337 12.41 2.68 0.35 0.51
5 A 1264 1215 10.15 2.14 0.75 0.86
6 A 1210 1164 9.56 4.58 0.68 0.81
7 A 1038 998 15.26 1.57 0.37 0.54
8 A 942 906 8.10 3.12 0.52 0.69
9 A 822 790 75.28 5.31 0.68 0.81
10 A 656 631 35.15 12.87 0.07 0.13
11 A 622 598 30.99 5.54 0.39 0.56
12 A 342 329 1.71 3.18 0.12 0.22
13 A 274 264 3.68 3.09 0.62 0.76
14 A 216 208 2.83 0.97 0.64 0.78
15 A 88 85 9.83 1.26 0.72 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8397.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8074.0 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.12462 0.09098 0.05581

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.095 -0.017 0.518
C2 -0.697 -1.279 0.202
H3 0.227 0.071 1.597
Cl4 1.722 -0.250 -0.169
Cl5 -0.682 1.441 -0.058
O6 -1.767 -1.295 -0.321
H7 -0.168 -2.199 0.515

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52361.08981.78141.75022.40982.1982
C21.52362.14992.65512.73281.19121.1068
H31.08982.14992.33612.33273.08542.5454
Cl41.78142.65512.33612.94183.64582.8002
Cl51.75022.73282.33272.94182.95533.7211
O62.40981.19123.08543.64582.95532.0187
H72.19821.10682.54542.80023.72112.0187

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.715 C1 C2 H7 112.409
C2 C1 H3 109.581 C2 C1 Cl4 106.642
C2 C1 Cl5 113.001 H3 C1 Cl4 106.393
H3 C1 Cl5 108.189 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.811
O6 C2 H7 122.876
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.191      
2 C 0.076      
3 H 0.226      
4 Cl -0.234      
5 Cl -0.202      
6 O -0.487      
7 H 0.429      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.348 -0.661 1.939 2.452
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.497 -2.235 -1.315
y -2.235 -41.750 -1.648
z -1.315 -1.648 -40.266
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.490 -2.235 -1.315
y -2.235 2.132 -1.648
z -1.315 -1.648 4.358
Polar
3z2-r28.716
x2-y2-5.748
xy-2.235
xz-1.315
yz-1.648


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.719 -0.506 0.214
y -0.506 8.776 -0.214
z 0.214 -0.214 6.612


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.826
(<r2>)1/2 13.558