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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311G**

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 MP2/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.541029
Energy at 298.15K-1071.543634
HF Energy-1070.788343
Nuclear repulsion energy263.926231
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 MP2/6-311G**
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' 3203 3043 1.45      
2 A' 3014 2864 46.41      
3 A' 1789 1700 103.19      
4 A' 1431 1360 3.00      
5 A' 1250 1188 11.41      
6 A' 1093 1039 27.61      
7 A' 821 780 19.60      
8 A' 449 426 4.71      
9 A' 334 318 21.09      
10 A' 270 256 1.97      
11 A" 1312 1247 26.54      
12 A" 1039 987 23.88      
13 A" 790 750 108.24      
14 A" 296 281 2.66      
15 A" 83 79 7.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8586.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9502) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8158.6 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 MP2/6-311G**
ABC
0.10557 0.09538 0.05276

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.385 -0.027 0.000
C2 -0.171 1.392 0.000
H3 1.472 0.003 0.000
Cl4 -0.171 -0.840 1.470
Cl5 -0.171 -0.840 -1.470
O6 0.543 2.364 0.000
H7 -1.276 1.442 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52421.08741.76971.76972.39682.2176
C21.52422.15162.67272.67271.20671.1062
H31.08742.15162.36032.36032.53773.1022
Cl41.76972.67272.36032.94093.59722.9310
Cl51.76972.67272.36032.94093.59722.9310
O62.39681.20672.53773.59723.59722.0400
H72.21761.10623.10222.93102.93102.0400

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.298 C1 C2 H7 113.989
C2 C1 H3 109.824 C2 C1 Cl4 108.242
C2 C1 Cl5 108.242 H3 C1 Cl4 109.061
H3 C1 Cl5 109.061 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.386
O6 C2 H7 123.713
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.538193
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.785203
Nuclear repulsion energy266.590099
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 MP2/6-311G**
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 3153 2996 5.99 78.97 0.22 0.36
2 A 3001 2852 60.95 142.08 0.30 0.47
3 A 1798 1708 93.61 8.89 0.63 0.77
4 A 1424 1353 14.48 4.56 0.44 0.61
5 A 1305 1240 21.09 6.05 0.65 0.79
6 A 1268 1205 10.30 6.62 0.72 0.84
7 A 1053 1001 16.47 1.95 0.38 0.55
8 A 961 913 8.47 6.01 0.66 0.79
9 A 856 814 75.33 6.95 0.73 0.85
10 A 670 637 30.60 7.83 0.08 0.15
11 A 638 606 29.09 6.10 0.50 0.66
12 A 355 338 1.14 2.57 0.28 0.43
13 A 290 276 2.49 5.62 0.67 0.80
14 A 228 217 2.52 1.55 0.70 0.82
15 A 87 82 9.19 2.23 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8543.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9502) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8118.2 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 MP2/6-311G**
ABC
0.12469 0.09003 0.05549

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.106 -0.017 0.518
C2 -0.716 -1.274 0.204
H3 0.230 0.057 1.600
Cl4 1.727 -0.267 -0.171
Cl5 -0.667 1.447 -0.057
O6 -1.798 -1.273 -0.324
H7 -0.203 -2.200 0.526

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53401.09111.77901.75272.43082.2046
C21.53402.14842.66862.73411.20361.1070
H31.09112.14842.34102.34093.09562.5371
Cl41.77902.66862.34102.94583.66822.8188
Cl51.75272.73412.34092.94582.95823.7228
O62.43081.20363.09563.66822.95822.0314
H72.20461.10702.53712.81883.72282.0314

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.796 C1 C2 H7 112.175
C2 C1 H3 108.676 C2 C1 Cl4 107.086
C2 C1 Cl5 112.413 H3 C1 Cl4 106.841
H3 C1 Cl5 108.559 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.046
O6 C2 H7 123.028
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability