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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-609.143175
Energy at 298.15K-609.146417
HF Energy-608.762340
Nuclear repulsion energy138.709197
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/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 3197 3098 0.46      
2 A 3113 3017 2.68      
3 A 2982 2890 60.26      
4 A 1673 1621 56.89      
5 A 1514 1467 10.79      
6 A 1450 1405 3.28      
7 A 1275 1236 14.67      
8 A 1189 1153 8.05      
9 A 1018 987 18.97      
10 A 1001 970 15.48      
11 A 807 782 3.79      
12 A 654 634 23.46      
13 A 439 426 10.67      
14 A 285 277 7.92      
15 A 76 74 11.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10336.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10018.2 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 QCISD/3-21G
ABC
0.81713 0.08777 0.08381

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.060 0.777 0.105
C2 1.191 -0.230 0.324
Cl3 -1.571 -0.209 -0.084
O4 2.265 -0.188 -0.298
H5 -0.093 1.425 0.972
H6 0.207 1.344 -0.815
H7 0.968 -0.993 1.088

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52961.91572.43981.09331.09062.2188
C21.52962.79161.24152.19242.17731.1029
Cl31.91572.79163.84152.44382.47152.9039
O42.43981.24153.84153.12602.61662.0618
H51.09332.19242.44383.12601.81432.6426
H61.09062.17732.47152.61661.81433.1082
H72.21881.10292.90392.06182.64263.1082

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 123.057 C1 C2 H7 113.899
C2 C1 Cl3 107.716 C2 C1 H5 112.347
C2 C1 H6 111.290 Cl3 C1 H5 105.324
Cl3 C1 H6 107.396 O4 C2 H7 123.044
H5 C1 H6 112.354
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-609.142531
Energy at 298.15K-609.145914
HF Energy-608.760706
Nuclear repulsion energy142.818621
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/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' 3095 2999 5.44      
2 A' 2928 2838 79.20      
3 A' 1690 1638 43.94      
4 A' 1513 1466 25.01      
5 A' 1440 1395 12.99      
6 A' 1292 1253 16.62      
7 A' 909 881 8.60      
8 A' 738 716 2.75      
9 A' 574 557 34.95      
10 A' 217 210 1.82      
11 A" 3155 3058 0.50      
12 A" 1222 1184 1.95      
13 A" 1023 992 0.54      
14 A" 734 711 4.42      
15 A" 154 149 0.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10341.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10023.1 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 QCISD/3-21G
ABC
0.45817 0.12395 0.09943

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.997 0.000
C2 1.384 0.346 0.000
Cl3 -1.361 -0.318 0.000
O4 1.618 -0.870 0.000
H5 -0.146 1.605 0.899
H6 -0.146 1.605 -0.899
H7 2.190 1.104 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52961.89312.47051.09471.09472.1930
C21.52962.82421.23782.17582.17581.1073
Cl31.89312.82423.02962.44602.44603.8259
O42.47051.23783.02963.16903.16902.0555
H51.09472.17582.44603.16901.79782.5529
H61.09472.17582.44603.16901.79782.5529
H72.19301.10733.82592.05552.55292.5529

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.111 C1 C2 H7 111.536
C2 C1 Cl3 110.759 C2 C1 H5 110.924
C2 C1 H6 110.924 Cl3 C1 H5 106.842
Cl3 C1 H6 106.842 O4 C2 H7 122.353
H5 C1 H6 110.396
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability