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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G

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 CID/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-609.095072
Energy at 298.15K-609.098409
HF Energy-608.764787
Nuclear repulsion energy140.032487
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 CID/3-21G
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 3281 3056 0.22      
2 A 3197 2979 3.05      
3 A 3085 2874 53.07      
4 A 1781 1659 67.11      
5 A 1551 1445 12.81      
6 A 1494 1392 4.35      
7 A 1323 1232 16.01      
8 A 1233 1148 7.78      
9 A 1063 990 19.41      
10 A 1039 968 16.44      
11 A 843 785 5.30      
12 A 687 640 27.23      
13 A 459 428 12.57      
14 A 298 278 8.52      
15 A 82 76 12.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10706.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9974.5 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 CID/3-21G
ABC
0.82771 0.08951 0.08552

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.056 0.770 0.102
C2 1.184 -0.223 0.325
Cl3 -1.555 -0.209 -0.083
O4 2.239 -0.189 -0.299
H5 -0.094 1.418 0.961
H6 0.205 1.332 -0.813
H7 0.976 -0.970 1.098

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51911.89432.41761.08701.08432.2056
C21.51912.76951.22622.17572.16161.0951
Cl31.89432.76953.80032.42332.45032.8949
O42.41761.22623.80033.10122.59142.0394
H51.08702.17572.42333.10121.80132.6207
H61.08432.16162.45032.59141.80133.0898
H72.20561.09512.89492.03942.62073.0898

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 123.081 C1 C2 H7 114.083
C2 C1 Cl3 107.959 C2 C1 H5 112.139
C2 C1 H6 111.167 Cl3 C1 H5 105.528
Cl3 C1 H6 107.574 O4 C2 H7 122.834
H5 C1 H6 112.120
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CID/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-609.094366
Energy at 298.15K-609.097835
HF Energy-608.763231
Nuclear repulsion energy144.077805
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 CID/3-21G
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' 3177 2960 5.96      
2 A' 3033 2826 67.33      
3 A' 1799 1676 53.59      
4 A' 1549 1443 26.29      
5 A' 1483 1382 17.37      
6 A' 1342 1250 16.00      
7 A' 951 886 7.57      
8 A' 771 718 3.84      
9 A' 606 564 40.67      
10 A' 225 210 2.10      
11 A" 3236 3015 0.13      
12 A" 1267 1180 2.08      
13 A" 1064 991 0.49      
14 A" 756 704 4.84      
15 A" 158 147 0.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10708.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9976.0 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 CID/3-21G
ABC
0.46992 0.12549 0.10095

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.983 0.000
C2 1.375 0.338 0.000
Cl3 -1.353 -0.312 0.000
O4 1.608 -0.862 0.000
H5 -0.141 1.590 0.892
H6 -0.141 1.590 -0.892
H7 2.177 1.090 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51821.87242.44691.08861.08862.1796
C21.51822.80411.22262.15872.15871.0993
Cl31.87242.80413.01152.42542.42543.7980
O42.44691.22263.01153.14103.14102.0330
H51.08862.15872.42543.14101.78442.5334
H61.08862.15872.42543.14101.78442.5334
H72.17961.09933.79802.03302.53342.5334

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.103 C1 C2 H7 111.751
C2 C1 Cl3 111.158 C2 C1 H5 110.731
C2 C1 H6 110.731 Cl3 C1 H5 106.999
Cl3 C1 H6 106.999 O4 C2 H7 122.146
H5 C1 H6 110.090
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability