return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-311G**

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.523825
Energy at 298.15K-612.527165
HF Energy-611.875278
Nuclear repulsion energy142.879435
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 QCISD/6-311G**
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 3189 3042 2.21      
2 A 3108 2965 10.92      
3 A 2985 2848 68.55      
4 A 1826 1742 132.45      
5 A 1478 1410 6.79      
6 A 1440 1374 9.21      
7 A 1320 1259 25.05      
8 A 1218 1162 6.69      
9 A 1074 1025 29.28      
10 A 1057 1008 1.46      
11 A 848 809 19.12      
12 A 729 696 14.29      
13 A 469 447 10.91      
14 A 296 282 9.04      
15 A 67 63 13.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10551.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9541) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10066.8 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 QCISD/6-311G**
ABC
0.97600 0.09119 0.08717

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.684 0.143
C2 1.165 -0.306 0.234
Cl3 -1.536 -0.175 -0.086
O4 2.247 -0.083 -0.248
H5 -0.051 1.247 1.079
H6 0.179 1.363 -0.692
H7 0.947 -1.237 0.793

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52301.78502.39591.09371.08982.2332
C21.52302.72371.20522.14592.14841.1082
Cl31.78502.72373.78842.36322.38272.8400
O42.39591.20523.78842.96832.56242.0270
H51.09372.14592.36322.96831.78992.6919
H61.08982.14842.38272.56241.78993.0915
H72.23321.10822.84002.02702.69193.0915

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.425 C1 C2 H7 115.245
C2 C1 Cl3 110.600 C2 C1 H5 109.089
C2 C1 H6 109.510 Cl3 C1 H5 107.937
Cl3 C1 H6 109.571 O4 C2 H7 122.317
H5 C1 H6 110.115
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.522232
Energy at 298.15K-612.525705
HF Energy-611.872951
Nuclear repulsion energy146.618619
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 QCISD/6-311G**
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' 3091 2949 20.44      
2 A' 2939 2804 105.42      
3 A' 1845 1760 123.46      
4 A' 1470 1402 16.52      
5 A' 1428 1362 15.30      
6 A' 1355 1293 24.19      
7 A' 972 927 4.85      
8 A' 790 754 8.09      
9 A' 649 619 42.66      
10 A' 220 209 2.75      
11 A" 3144 2999 3.71      
12 A" 1233 1177 4.24      
13 A" 1063 1014 1.11      
14 A" 711 678 0.94      
15 A" 156 148 1.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10531.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9541) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10048.0 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 QCISD/6-311G**
ABC
0.50701 0.12678 0.10339

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.923 0.000
C2 1.370 0.258 0.000
Cl3 -1.349 -0.224 0.000
O4 1.583 -0.925 0.000
H5 -0.071 1.561 0.886
H6 -0.071 1.561 -0.886
H7 2.196 1.002 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52241.77042.43261.09461.09462.1974
C21.52242.76081.20162.13532.13531.1120
Cl31.77042.76083.01412.36732.36733.7508
O42.43261.20163.01413.11443.11442.0219
H51.09462.13532.36733.11441.77272.4976
H61.09462.13532.36733.11441.77272.4976
H72.19741.11203.75082.02192.49762.4976

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.110 C1 C2 H7 112.108
C2 C1 Cl3 113.740 C2 C1 H5 108.252
C2 C1 H6 108.252 Cl3 C1 H5 109.153
Cl3 C1 H6 109.153 O4 C2 H7 121.782
H5 C1 H6 108.146
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability