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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1067.173033
Energy at 298.15K-1067.175276
HF Energy-1067.173033
Nuclear repulsion energy254.870968
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 PBEPBE/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' 3147 3118 0.27      
2 A' 2905 2879 47.86      
3 A' 1678 1663 79.95      
4 A' 1384 1371 2.84      
5 A' 1158 1148 7.54      
6 A' 992 983 30.51      
7 A' 700 693 28.34      
8 A' 404 400 4.41      
9 A' 286 283 25.38      
10 A' 226 223 1.42      
11 A" 1159 1149 17.80      
12 A" 998 989 21.92      
13 A" 632 626 142.73      
14 A" 274 272 3.29      
15 A" 80 79 6.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8011.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7938.2 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.09665 0.09063 0.04922

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.355 0.264 0.000
C2 -0.953 1.053 0.000
H3 1.257 0.883 0.000
Cl4 0.355 -0.808 1.538
Cl5 0.355 -0.808 -1.538
O6 -0.986 2.287 0.000
H7 -1.840 0.382 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52691.09461.87441.87442.42722.1982
C21.52692.21642.74502.74501.23461.1123
H31.09462.21642.45732.45732.64673.1378
Cl41.87442.74502.45733.07613.70672.9325
Cl51.87442.74502.45733.07613.70672.9325
O62.42721.23462.64673.70673.70672.0870
H72.19821.11233.13782.93252.93252.0870

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.683 C1 C2 H7 111.839
C2 C1 H3 114.438 C2 C1 Cl4 107.176
C2 C1 Cl5 107.176 H3 C1 Cl4 108.865
H3 C1 Cl5 108.865 Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.282
O6 C2 H7 125.478
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.676      
2 C 0.287      
3 H 0.337      
4 Cl 0.088      
5 Cl 0.088      
6 O -0.344      
7 H 0.219      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.127 0.066 0.000 0.143
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.073 2.770 0.000
y 2.770 -48.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.481
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.274 2.770 0.000
y 2.770 -5.436 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.162
Polar
3z2-r20.324
x2-y27.140
xy2.770
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.232 -0.873 0.000
y -0.873 6.719 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.407


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 203.508
(<r2>)1/2 14.266

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1067.171729
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1067.171729
Nuclear repulsion energy258.271321
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 PBEPBE/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 3067 0.93 90.19 0.21 0.35
2 A 2875 2849 51.32 148.14 0.33 0.50
3 A 1693 1678 69.86 17.55 0.39 0.56
4 A 1373 1360 7.82 7.30 0.72 0.84
5 A 1210 1199 12.98 10.72 0.66 0.79
6 A 1138 1128 11.92 14.27 0.70 0.83
7 A 996 987 13.36 4.32 0.71 0.83
8 A 887 879 9.51 6.65 0.47 0.64
9 A 741 734 69.63 5.52 0.68 0.81
10 A 587 581 49.59 12.05 0.16 0.27
11 A 575 570 51.88 13.62 0.28 0.43
12 A 320 317 3.83 4.14 0.25 0.40
13 A 243 240 3.46 9.43 0.57 0.73
14 A 212 210 1.29 2.81 0.73 0.84
15 A 98 97 7.99 2.52 0.69 0.82

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8021.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7948.2 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.11823 0.08392 0.05256

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.087 -0.022 0.585
C2 -0.577 -1.356 0.236
H3 0.247 0.121 1.663
Cl4 1.813 -0.098 -0.186
Cl5 -0.884 1.404 -0.065
O6 -1.643 -1.482 -0.367
H7 0.044 -2.206 0.602

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53091.09851.89181.84252.45562.1853
C21.53092.21302.73332.79281.23081.1146
H31.09852.21302.43192.43033.20322.5659
Cl41.89182.73332.43193.08823.72652.8628
Cl51.84252.79282.43033.08822.99893.7863
O62.45561.23083.20323.72652.99892.0756
H72.18531.11462.56592.86283.78632.0756

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 125.188 C1 C2 H7 110.400
C2 C1 H3 113.612 C2 C1 Cl4 105.508
C2 C1 Cl5 111.436 H3 C1 Cl4 105.759
H3 C1 Cl5 108.809 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.574
O6 C2 H7 124.412
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.696      
2 C 0.278      
3 H 0.336      
4 Cl 0.068      
5 Cl 0.122      
6 O -0.326      
7 H 0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.807 -1.038 2.275 2.628
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.768 -1.747 -0.815
y -1.747 -42.704 -1.533
z -0.815 -1.533 -40.447
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.192 -1.747 -0.815
y -1.747 1.403 -1.533
z -0.815 -1.533 4.789
Polar
3z2-r29.578
x2-y2-5.064
xy-1.747
xz-0.815
yz-1.533


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.963 -0.870 0.173
y -0.870 6.244 -0.465
z 0.173 -0.465 3.677


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 194.458
(<r2>)1/2 13.945