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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1059.127976
Energy at 298.15K-1059.130187
HF Energy-1058.926128
Nuclear repulsion energy253.725804
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/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' 3429 2990 0.53      
2 A' 3345 2916 14.14      
3 A' 1728 1506 21.37      
4 A' 1473 1284 10.25      
5 A' 1314 1145 19.47      
6 A' 1081 942 10.75      
7 A' 852 743 19.64      
8 A' 443 386 1.51      
9 A' 315 275 17.86      
10 A' 254 221 4.59      
11 A" 1341 1169 28.50      
12 A" 999 871 50.15      
13 A" 864 754 23.43      
14 A" 259 226 1.04      
15 A" 60 53 4.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8877.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7740.1 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
0.09926 0.08639 0.04855

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/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 1.501 -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
C11.58811.11471.83871.83872.50072.2734
C21.58812.24662.80352.80351.25871.1214
H31.11472.24662.42192.42192.66793.1925
Cl41.83872.80352.42193.03403.76843.0522
Cl51.83872.80352.42193.03403.76843.0522
O62.50071.25872.66793.76843.76842.1079
H72.27341.12143.19253.05223.05222.1079

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.487 C1 C2 H7 112.950
C2 C1 H3 111.230 C2 C1 Cl4 109.570
C2 C1 Cl5 109.570 H3 C1 Cl4 107.636
H3 C1 Cl5 107.636 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.180
O6 C2 H7 124.563
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1059.127423
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1058.924722
Nuclear repulsion energy257.165905
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/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 3413 2976 0.51 36.38 0.33 0.50
2 A 3329 2902 14.36 56.68 0.32 0.49
3 A 1731 1509 30.02 0.32 0.75 0.86
4 A 1463 1275 32.58 7.24 0.73 0.85
5 A 1346 1174 3.22 4.65 0.69 0.82
6 A 1331 1160 20.42 10.05 0.72 0.84
7 A 1054 919 15.35 3.32 0.74 0.85
8 A 957 834 43.12 9.98 0.71 0.83
9 A 935 815 7.70 4.89 0.61 0.76
10 A 695 606 19.70 11.46 0.06 0.12
11 A 629 548 20.71 4.90 0.75 0.86
12 A 337 294 1.09 3.00 0.31 0.47
13 A 262 229 5.42 4.15 0.74 0.85
14 A 191 167 0.84 1.03 0.69 0.82
15 A 77 67 5.39 1.24 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8874.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7738.0 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.11907 0.08238 0.05170

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/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 -1.913 -1.243 -0.338
H7 -0.286 -2.274 0.517

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.59171.11551.84071.83212.51812.2603
C21.59172.24342.80152.82331.25661.1224
H31.11552.24342.40872.41453.21662.6416
Cl41.84072.80152.40873.04333.83242.9567
Cl51.83212.82332.41453.04333.02093.8280
O62.51811.25663.21663.83243.02092.1068
H72.26031.12242.64162.95673.82802.1068

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 123.844 C1 C2 H7 111.607
C2 C1 H3 110.696 C2 C1 Cl4 109.195
C2 C1 Cl5 110.903 H3 C1 Cl4 106.543
H3 C1 Cl5 107.500 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.912
O6 C2 H7 124.549
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability