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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/STO-3G

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 MP2=FULL/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-605.124829
Energy at 298.15K-605.127994
HF Energy-604.936098
Nuclear repulsion energy138.731205
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=FULL/STO-3G
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 3525 3133 0.13      
2 A 3397 3020 0.13      
3 A 3325 2956 22.94      
4 A 1744 1550 19.57      
5 A 1651 1468 1.27      
6 A 1490 1324 10.05      
7 A 1399 1243 20.82      
8 A 1276 1135 7.17      
9 A 1099 977 13.17      
10 A 1016 903 1.66      
11 A 932 828 14.49      
12 A 784 697 5.01      
13 A 461 409 5.23      
14 A 285 254 5.66      
15 A 73 65 5.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11227.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9980.2 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=FULL/STO-3G
ABC
0.81236 0.08757 0.08423

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 0.749 0.111
C2 1.211 -0.215 0.352
Cl3 -1.555 -0.216 -0.090
O4 2.273 -0.171 -0.326
H5 -0.152 1.422 0.982
H6 0.144 1.356 -0.805
H7 1.044 -0.946 1.188

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.57331.83472.49821.10971.10882.2671
C21.57332.80201.26082.22092.22401.1224
Cl31.83472.80203.83622.40872.42292.9871
O42.49821.26083.83623.18192.66322.0984
H51.10972.22092.40873.18191.81192.6601
H61.10882.22402.42292.66321.81193.1746
H72.26711.12242.98712.09842.66013.1746

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 123.266 C1 C2 H7 113.432
C2 C1 Cl3 110.374 C2 C1 H5 110.549
C2 C1 H6 110.842 Cl3 C1 H5 107.202
Cl3 C1 H6 108.263 O4 C2 H7 123.302
H5 C1 H6 109.513
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-605.124302
Energy at 298.15K-605.127513
HF Energy-604.934755
Nuclear repulsion energy142.586771
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=FULL/STO-3G
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' 3392 3015 0.53      
2 A' 3302 2935 26.98      
3 A' 1755 1560 27.56      
4 A' 1655 1471 6.44      
5 A' 1480 1316 32.08      
6 A' 1423 1265 3.30      
7 A' 1031 917 4.79      
8 A' 841 747 7.94      
9 A' 654 582 22.38      
10 A' 194 173 0.62      
11 A" 3510 3120 0.00      
12 A" 1283 1140 0.11      
13 A" 1044 928 0.23      
14 A" 749 666 1.16      
15 A" 121 108 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11217.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9970.8 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 MP2=FULL/STO-3G
ABC
0.46040 0.12320 0.09906

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.978 0.000
C2 1.409 0.275 0.000
Cl3 -1.367 -0.237 0.000
O4 1.593 -0.969 0.000
H5 -0.106 1.617 0.901
H6 -0.106 1.617 -0.901
H7 2.248 1.023 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.57481.82882.51631.10991.10992.2486
C21.57482.82261.25822.21602.21601.1240
Cl31.82882.82263.04912.41632.41633.8281
O42.51631.25823.04913.22373.22372.0976
H51.10992.21602.41633.22371.80252.5902
H61.10992.21602.41633.22371.80252.5902
H72.24861.12403.82812.09762.59022.5902

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 124.925 C1 C2 H7 111.764
C2 C1 Cl3 111.840 C2 C1 H5 110.048
C2 C1 H6 110.048 Cl3 C1 H5 108.117
Cl3 C1 H6 108.117 O4 C2 H7 123.311
H5 C1 H6 108.581
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability