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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.599923
Energy at 298.15K-1071.602461
HF Energy-1070.724996
Nuclear repulsion energy264.330225
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' 3210 3032 1.76      
2 A' 3029 2861 32.07      
3 A' 1795 1696 100.89      
4 A' 1414 1336 2.33      
5 A' 1222 1155 6.02      
6 A' 1089 1029 25.62      
7 A' 810 765 20.15      
8 A' 446 421 3.74      
9 A' 322 304 21.65      
10 A' 259 244 2.08      
11 A" 1257 1187 23.73      
12 A" 1023 966 20.01      
13 A" 785 741 99.53      
14 A" 288 272 3.10      
15 A" 82 78 6.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8515.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8042.7 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
0.10632 0.09543 0.05299

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 0.339 0.206 0.000
C2 -0.934 1.042 0.000
H3 1.223 0.839 0.000
Cl4 0.339 -0.787 1.465
Cl5 0.339 -0.787 -1.465
O6 -0.914 2.247 0.000
H7 -1.860 0.439 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52281.08721.76931.76932.39532.2115
C21.52282.16622.66612.66611.20591.1046
H31.08722.16622.36012.36012.55903.1086
Cl41.76932.66612.36012.92933.59452.9128
Cl51.76932.66612.36012.92933.59452.9128
O62.39531.20592.55903.59453.59452.0404
H72.21151.10463.10862.91282.91282.0404

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.336 C1 C2 H7 113.689
C2 C1 H3 111.090 C2 C1 Cl4 107.928
C2 C1 Cl5 107.928 H3 C1 Cl4 109.078
H3 C1 Cl5 109.078 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.746
O6 C2 H7 123.975
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.598099
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.722179
Nuclear repulsion energy267.329046
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 3165 2989 3.76 66.91 0.23 0.37
2 A 3019 2851 42.08 112.56 0.30 0.46
3 A 1803 1703 81.08 8.39 0.43 0.60
4 A 1409 1330 12.50 4.71 0.57 0.73
5 A 1279 1208 13.70 3.17 0.69 0.82
6 A 1238 1169 11.46 6.48 0.72 0.84
7 A 1047 989 14.92 1.84 0.39 0.56
8 A 953 900 6.99 4.96 0.64 0.78
9 A 851 804 72.93 5.20 0.73 0.84
10 A 669 632 27.06 9.96 0.07 0.12
11 A 634 599 29.34 4.78 0.52 0.68
12 A 349 329 1.30 2.28 0.20 0.34
13 A 280 264 3.38 3.87 0.63 0.78
14 A 224 212 2.62 0.97 0.69 0.81
15 A 94 89 8.70 1.46 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8506.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8034.2 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
0.12580 0.09057 0.05605

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 0.106 -0.016 0.531
C2 -0.696 -1.280 0.210
H3 0.245 0.078 1.609
Cl4 1.723 -0.246 -0.175
Cl5 -0.685 1.431 -0.058
O6 -1.771 -1.281 -0.330
H7 -0.175 -2.201 0.529

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53051.09061.77901.75132.42162.2030
C21.53052.16392.65802.72371.20341.1052
H31.09062.16392.33902.33993.10922.5564
Cl41.77902.65802.33902.93673.64682.8141
Cl51.75132.72372.33992.93672.93323.7142
O62.42161.20343.10923.64682.93322.0326
H72.20301.10522.55642.81413.71422.0326

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.253 C1 C2 H7 112.405
C2 C1 H3 110.164 C2 C1 Cl4 106.624
C2 C1 Cl5 112.007 H3 C1 Cl4 106.726
H3 C1 Cl5 108.601 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.580
O6 C2 H7 123.341
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability