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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1059.129036
Energy at 298.15K-1059.131248
HF Energy-1058.926169
Nuclear repulsion energy253.754128
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3429 3048 0.53      
2 A' 3345 2974 14.16      
3 A' 1728 1536 21.30      
4 A' 1473 1309 10.23      
5 A' 1314 1168 19.43      
6 A' 1081 961 10.72      
7 A' 852 757 19.62      
8 A' 443 393 1.51      
9 A' 315 280 17.84      
10 A' 254 226 4.58      
11 A" 1341 1192 28.48      
12 A" 999 888 50.21      
13 A" 864 768 23.36      
14 A" 260 231 1.04      
15 A" 60 54 4.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8879.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7892.8 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
0.09927 0.08641 0.04856

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 0.386 -0.012 0.000
C2 -0.178 1.472 0.000
H3 1.500 -0.021 0.000
Cl4 -0.178 -0.885 1.517
Cl5 -0.178 -0.885 -1.517
O6 0.575 2.481 0.000
H7 -1.298 1.514 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.58781.11471.83851.83852.50042.2732
C21.58782.24602.80312.80311.25861.1213
H31.11472.24602.42162.42162.66743.1921
Cl41.83852.80312.42163.03373.76793.0520
Cl51.83852.80312.42163.03373.76793.0520
O62.50041.25862.66743.76793.76792.1077
H72.27321.12133.19213.05203.05202.1077

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.490 C1 C2 H7 112.957
C2 C1 H3 111.219 C2 C1 Cl4 109.573
C2 C1 Cl5 109.573 H3 C1 Cl4 107.635
H3 C1 Cl5 107.635 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.186
O6 C2 H7 124.553
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1059.128485
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1058.924764
Nuclear repulsion energy257.194423
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3414 3035 0.51 36.37 0.33 0.50
2 A 3329 2959 14.38 56.64 0.32 0.49
3 A 1732 1539 29.93 0.32 0.75 0.86
4 A 1463 1300 32.55 7.23 0.73 0.85
5 A 1347 1197 3.21 4.66 0.69 0.82
6 A 1331 1183 20.41 10.06 0.72 0.84
7 A 1054 937 15.31 3.32 0.74 0.85
8 A 957 851 43.17 9.97 0.71 0.83
9 A 935 831 7.67 4.88 0.61 0.76
10 A 696 618 19.67 11.46 0.06 0.12
11 A 629 559 20.71 4.90 0.75 0.86
12 A 337 300 1.09 2.99 0.31 0.47
13 A 262 233 5.41 4.15 0.74 0.85
14 A 191 170 0.84 1.03 0.69 0.82
15 A 77 68 5.38 1.24 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8876.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7890.6 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
0.11910 0.08240 0.05171

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 0.122 -0.051 0.544
C2 -0.783 -1.316 0.207
H3 0.264 0.050 1.646
Cl4 1.797 -0.295 -0.180
Cl5 -0.663 1.493 -0.054
O6 -1.912 -1.243 -0.338
H7 -0.286 -2.273 0.517

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.59131.11541.84051.83192.51772.2600
C21.59132.24292.80112.82291.25661.1223
H31.11542.24292.40852.41433.21622.6411
Cl41.84052.80112.40853.04313.83202.9564
Cl51.83192.82292.41433.04313.02063.8276
O62.51771.25663.21623.83203.02062.1066
H72.26001.12232.64112.95643.82762.1066

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 123.848 C1 C2 H7 111.612
C2 C1 H3 110.685 C2 C1 Cl4 109.199
C2 C1 Cl5 110.906 H3 C1 Cl4 106.543
H3 C1 Cl5 107.500 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.917
O6 C2 H7 124.540
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability