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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G(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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.531275
Energy at 298.15K-612.534577
HF Energy-611.830687
Nuclear repulsion energy143.312743
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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3228 3049 0.19      
2 A 3139 2965 5.92      
3 A 3013 2846 50.59      
4 A 1793 1693 98.10      
5 A 1475 1393 9.20      
6 A 1425 1346 4.50      
7 A 1282 1211 15.03      
8 A 1200 1133 5.02      
9 A 1073 1013 29.33      
10 A 1042 984 1.66      
11 A 846 799 20.65      
12 A 725 685 10.65      
13 A 464 438 9.39      
14 A 290 274 9.45      
15 A 61 58 12.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10527.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9943.4 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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.97481 0.09209 0.08790

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.689 0.139
C2 1.153 -0.304 0.233
Cl3 -1.527 -0.177 -0.085
O4 2.243 -0.087 -0.243
H5 -0.060 1.257 1.068
H6 0.173 1.366 -0.697
H7 0.918 -1.234 0.782

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51631.77842.39401.09151.08792.2208
C21.51632.70181.20902.14622.14781.1056
Cl31.77842.70183.77432.35292.37532.8009
O42.39401.20903.77432.97172.56952.0307
H51.09152.14622.35292.97171.78372.6911
H61.08792.14782.37532.56951.78373.0823
H72.22081.10562.80092.03072.69113.0823

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.515 C1 C2 H7 114.883
C2 C1 Cl3 109.929 C2 C1 H5 109.693
C2 C1 H6 110.041 Cl3 C1 H5 107.725
Cl3 C1 H6 109.565 O4 C2 H7 122.597
H5 C1 H6 109.853
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.530722
Energy at 298.15K-612.534209
HF Energy-611.828657
Nuclear repulsion energy147.380008
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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3123 2950 12.38      
2 A' 2972 2807 82.79      
3 A' 1810 1709 82.17      
4 A' 1465 1383 20.47      
5 A' 1421 1342 13.81      
6 A' 1322 1249 16.88      
7 A' 971 917 5.40      
8 A' 794 750 9.35      
9 A' 653 616 37.87      
10 A' 216 204 2.80      
11 A" 3186 3009 0.00      
12 A" 1220 1152 1.67      
13 A" 1048 990 0.73      
14 A" 701 662 1.62      
15 A" 176 166 0.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10537.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9953.1 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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.50187 0.13008 0.10533

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.929 0.000
C2 1.359 0.262 0.000
Cl3 -1.331 -0.227 0.000
O4 1.556 -0.928 0.000
H5 -0.080 1.568 0.882
H6 -0.080 1.568 -0.882
H7 2.190 0.996 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51361.76312.42271.09241.09242.1912
C21.51362.73421.20602.13392.13391.1090
Cl31.76312.73422.97152.35942.35943.7278
O42.42271.20602.97153.11193.11192.0255
H51.09242.13392.35943.11191.76492.5016
H61.09242.13392.35943.11191.76492.5016
H72.19121.10903.72782.02552.50162.5016

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.567 C1 C2 H7 112.419
C2 C1 Cl3 112.895 C2 C1 H5 108.859
C2 C1 H6 108.859 Cl3 C1 H5 109.170
Cl3 C1 H6 109.170 O4 C2 H7 122.014
H5 C1 H6 107.759
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability