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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.575108
Energy at 298.15K-612.578431
HF Energy-611.830980
Nuclear repulsion energy143.794520
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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3235 3041 0.20      
2 A 3147 2958 6.06      
3 A 3014 2833 51.75      
4 A 1801 1693 100.01      
5 A 1485 1395 9.44      
6 A 1431 1345 4.40      
7 A 1289 1212 14.58      
8 A 1215 1142 5.03      
9 A 1082 1017 28.71      
10 A 1047 984 1.54      
11 A 856 804 20.05      
12 A 732 688 10.37      
13 A 467 439 9.48      
14 A 296 278 9.28      
15 A 62 58 12.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10579.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9943.6 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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.97236 0.09286 0.08867

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.008 0.689 0.138
C2 1.149 -0.296 0.239
Cl3 -1.519 -0.178 -0.086
O4 2.233 -0.092 -0.247
H5 -0.063 1.260 1.064
H6 0.173 1.365 -0.696
H7 0.915 -1.214 0.807

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51081.77072.39001.08961.08602.2119
C21.51082.69021.20622.13782.14121.1043
Cl31.77072.69023.75732.34772.36982.7923
O42.39001.20623.75732.96972.56312.0269
H51.08962.13782.34772.96971.77872.6723
H61.08602.14122.36982.56311.77873.0756
H72.21191.10432.79232.02692.67233.0756

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.803 C1 C2 H7 114.621
C2 C1 Cl3 109.876 C2 C1 H5 109.518
C2 C1 H6 110.007 Cl3 C1 H5 107.946
Cl3 C1 H6 109.775 O4 C2 H7 122.569
H5 C1 H6 109.687
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.574699
Energy at 298.15K-612.578211
HF Energy-611.828978
Nuclear repulsion energy147.797731
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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3131 2943 12.69      
2 A' 2973 2794 84.03      
3 A' 1818 1708 83.72      
4 A' 1473 1385 21.50      
5 A' 1424 1339 13.51      
6 A' 1331 1251 16.79      
7 A' 981 922 4.95      
8 A' 801 753 9.31      
9 A' 659 619 37.61      
10 A' 217 204 2.90      
11 A" 3193 3001 0.00      
12 A" 1235 1161 1.67      
13 A" 1055 991 0.76      
14 A" 707 664 1.65      
15 A" 183 172 0.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10590.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9954.1 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=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.50602 0.13058 0.10583

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.923 0.000
C2 1.353 0.259 0.000
Cl3 -1.329 -0.224 0.000
O4 1.555 -0.927 0.000
H5 -0.074 1.563 0.880
H6 -0.074 1.563 -0.880
H7 2.181 0.996 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50751.75542.41701.09051.09052.1821
C21.50752.72541.20342.12442.12441.1077
Cl31.75542.72542.96842.35402.35403.7156
O42.41701.20342.96843.10333.10332.0221
H51.09052.12442.35403.10331.75962.4864
H61.09052.12442.35403.10331.75962.4864
H72.18211.10773.71562.02212.48642.4864

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.775 C1 C2 H7 112.198
C2 C1 Cl3 113.068 C2 C1 H5 108.644
C2 C1 H6 108.644 Cl3 C1 H5 109.385
Cl3 C1 H6 109.385 O4 C2 H7 122.027
H5 C1 H6 107.566
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability