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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.568482
Energy at 298.15K-612.571778
HF Energy-611.831246
Nuclear repulsion energy143.021854
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 QCISD/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 3212 3043 0.25      
2 A 3131 2966 6.71      
3 A 3011 2852 48.50      
4 A 1840 1743 125.69      
5 A 1483 1405 8.38      
6 A 1436 1360 5.94      
7 A 1293 1225 18.22      
8 A 1207 1144 4.95      
9 A 1071 1014 28.00      
10 A 1047 992 2.10      
11 A 840 796 22.32      
12 A 724 686 12.07      
13 A 464 440 10.13      
14 A 289 274 10.14      
15 A 58 55 14.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10551.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9474) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9996.9 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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.99845 0.09119 0.08695

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.016 0.681 0.137
C2 1.160 -0.316 0.213
Cl3 -1.538 -0.172 -0.081
O4 2.254 -0.076 -0.227
H5 -0.043 1.244 1.070
H6 0.172 1.364 -0.695
H7 0.919 -1.270 0.716

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52051.78542.39121.09151.08792.2272
C21.52052.71771.20362.14872.15131.1050
Cl31.78542.71773.79602.35842.37922.8065
O42.39121.20363.79602.95002.57492.0249
H51.09152.14872.35842.95001.78302.7146
H61.08792.15132.37922.57491.78303.0810
H72.22721.10502.80652.02492.71463.0810

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.325 C1 C2 H7 115.136
C2 C1 Cl3 110.334 C2 C1 H5 109.607
C2 C1 H6 110.019 Cl3 C1 H5 107.675
Cl3 C1 H6 109.382 O4 C2 H7 122.531
H5 C1 H6 109.788
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.567531
Energy at 298.15K-612.571011
HF Energy-611.829231
Nuclear repulsion energy147.070764
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 QCISD/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' 3114 2951 13.44      
2 A' 2968 2812 80.24      
3 A' 1857 1759 105.86      
4 A' 1477 1399 17.92      
5 A' 1432 1357 16.13      
6 A' 1337 1267 15.16      
7 A' 969 918 5.47      
8 A' 790 749 7.46      
9 A' 648 614 41.45      
10 A' 217 206 2.92      
11 A" 3170 3003 0.55      
12 A" 1227 1163 1.40      
13 A" 1054 999 0.74      
14 A" 711 673 1.18      
15 A" 168 159 1.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10569.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9474) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10013.9 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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.50376 0.12873 0.10453

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.928 0.000
C2 1.364 0.264 0.000
Cl3 -1.338 -0.231 0.000
O4 1.567 -0.920 0.000
H5 -0.083 1.566 0.883
H6 -0.083 1.566 -0.883
H7 2.193 1.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51761.77072.42331.09241.09242.1942
C21.51762.74751.20072.13782.13781.1086
Cl31.77072.74752.98642.36342.36343.7397
O42.42331.20072.98643.11173.11172.0190
H51.09242.13782.36343.11171.76612.5059
H61.09242.13782.36343.11171.76612.5059
H72.19421.10863.73972.01902.50592.5059

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.725 C1 C2 H7 112.399
C2 C1 Cl3 113.121 C2 C1 H5 108.896
C2 C1 H6 108.896 Cl3 C1 H5 108.962
Cl3 C1 H6 108.962 O4 C2 H7 121.876
H5 C1 H6 107.873
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability