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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at TPSSh/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at TPSSh/6-311G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/6-311G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1073.106965
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1073.106965
Nuclear repulsion energy264.943049
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 TPSSh/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 3113 3113 5.20 86.24 0.20 0.33
2 A 2936 2936 62.87 160.12 0.33 0.49
3 A 1826 1826 152.58 17.16 0.51 0.67
4 A 1394 1394 16.79 4.00 0.53 0.69
5 A 1260 1260 17.24 4.44 0.72 0.84
6 A 1219 1219 10.85 8.51 0.74 0.85
7 A 1021 1021 14.56 2.44 0.53 0.69
8 A 921 921 13.22 4.95 0.61 0.76
9 A 781 781 89.88 6.48 0.70 0.83
10 A 633 633 42.81 9.37 0.09 0.17
11 A 602 602 49.94 8.80 0.42 0.60
12 A 332 332 2.46 3.38 0.24 0.39
13 A 269 269 3.17 6.60 0.65 0.79
14 A 213 213 2.37 1.94 0.70 0.83
15 A 87 87 10.22 2.21 0.71 0.83

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8302.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8302.9 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 TPSSh/6-311G**
ABC
0.12286 0.08894 0.05476

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.095 -0.018 0.525
C2 -0.695 -1.296 0.205
H3 0.235 0.080 1.601
Cl4 1.746 -0.237 -0.170
Cl5 -0.707 1.446 -0.058
O6 -1.767 -1.317 -0.327
H7 -0.160 -2.211 0.529

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53651.08951.80481.76782.42512.2077
C21.53652.16932.68792.75491.19731.1076
H31.08952.16932.34952.34633.11082.5595
Cl41.80482.68792.34952.97643.67912.8322
Cl51.76782.75492.34632.97642.97163.7436
O62.42511.19733.11083.67912.97162.0283
H72.20771.10762.55952.83223.74362.0283

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.554 C1 C2 H7 112.204
C2 C1 H3 110.240 C2 C1 Cl4 106.837
C2 C1 Cl5 112.789 H3 C1 Cl4 105.874
H3 C1 Cl5 108.048 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.837
O6 C2 H7 123.242
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.363      
2 C 0.249      
3 H 0.241      
4 Cl -0.020      
5 Cl 0.012      
6 O -0.238      
7 H 0.119      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.073 -0.876 2.026 2.455
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.249 -0.826 0.146
y -0.826 7.064 -0.407
z 0.146 -0.407 4.430


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 186.996
(<r2>)1/2 13.675