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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G

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 CCD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1065.887958
Energy at 298.15K-1065.890313
HF Energy-1065.464334
Nuclear repulsion energy254.015691
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 CCD/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' 3221 3131 0.34      
2 A' 3038 2954 35.98      
3 A' 1708 1661 42.10      
4 A' 1458 1417 2.03      
5 A' 1225 1191 6.71      
6 A' 1026 998 28.97      
7 A' 735 715 20.93      
8 A' 409 397 5.20      
9 A' 302 294 21.92      
10 A' 234 227 1.24      
11 A" 1214 1181 24.00      
12 A" 1031 1002 21.47      
13 A" 681 662 74.29      
14 A" 284 276 1.91      
15 A" 78 76 8.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8321.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8091.2 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 CCD/3-21G
ABC
0.09658 0.08920 0.04871

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.338 0.255 0.000
C2 -0.934 1.097 0.000
H3 1.243 0.857 0.000
Cl4 0.338 -0.827 1.540
Cl5 0.338 -0.827 -1.540
O6 -0.914 2.330 0.000
H7 -1.854 0.496 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52561.08671.88181.88182.42352.2058
C21.52562.19062.77312.77311.23351.0992
H31.08672.19062.45422.45422.61233.1186
Cl41.88182.77312.45423.07943.72892.9880
Cl51.88182.77312.45423.07943.72892.9880
O62.42351.23352.61233.72893.72892.0615
H72.20581.09923.11862.98802.98802.0615

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.541 C1 C2 H7 113.360
C2 C1 H3 112.901 C2 C1 Cl4 108.498
C2 C1 Cl5 108.498 H3 C1 Cl4 108.552
H3 C1 Cl5 108.552 Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.814
O6 C2 H7 124.099
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1065.887633
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1065.463367
Nuclear repulsion energy257.378562
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 CCD/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 3187 3098 1.35      
2 A 3015 2932 37.86      
3 A 1715 1668 35.81      
4 A 1450 1410 10.05      
5 A 1280 1245 10.33      
6 A 1208 1175 16.24      
7 A 1031 1002 13.74      
8 A 936 910 7.64      
9 A 792 770 46.33      
10 A 597 581 45.01      
11 A 588 572 14.51      
12 A 331 322 1.58      
13 A 247 240 3.60      
14 A 222 216 1.85      
15 A 99 96 9.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8349.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8117.8 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 CCD/3-21G
ABC
0.11877 0.08255 0.05183

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.091 -0.055 0.569
C2 -0.632 -1.353 0.206
H3 0.231 0.064 1.643
Cl4 1.827 -0.145 -0.177
Cl5 -0.831 1.434 -0.060
O6 -1.731 -1.411 -0.346
H7 -0.056 -2.244 0.501

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53001.08941.89181.86092.44832.1950
C21.53002.19482.76672.80741.23071.1010
H31.08942.19482.42942.43003.15882.5904
Cl41.89182.76672.42943.09443.77992.8998
Cl51.86092.80742.43003.09442.99793.8006
O62.44831.23073.15883.77992.99792.0533
H72.19501.10102.59042.89983.80062.0533

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.611 C1 C2 H7 112.050
C2 C1 H3 112.761 C2 C1 Cl4 107.437
C2 C1 Cl5 111.405 H3 C1 Cl4 106.006
H3 C1 Cl5 108.038 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.091
O6 C2 H7 123.338
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability