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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G**

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)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.415934
Energy at 298.15K-612.419218
HF Energy-611.814185
Nuclear repulsion energy142.850389
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/6-31G**
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 3256 3042 0.45      
2 A 3172 2964 8.28      
3 A 3055 2855 61.47      
4 A 1794 1677 86.06      
5 A 1508 1409 10.01      
6 A 1449 1354 5.65      
7 A 1329 1242 22.95      
8 A 1231 1150 2.63      
9 A 1087 1016 33.33      
10 A 1065 996 0.92      
11 A 854 798 27.19      
12 A 730 682 7.04      
13 A 468 438 8.97      
14 A 286 267 11.33      
15 A 47 44 15.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10664.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9965.3 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/6-31G**
ABC
1.09350 0.08982 0.08539

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.018 0.651 0.115
C2 1.153 -0.351 0.148
Cl3 -1.553 -0.156 -0.064
O4 2.289 -0.043 -0.166
H5 0.010 1.210 1.048
H6 0.170 1.340 -0.710
H7 0.890 -1.362 0.498

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51421.77442.39131.08841.08532.2269
C21.51422.72101.21852.13372.13531.1016
Cl31.77442.72103.84502.35482.37122.7822
O42.39131.21853.84502.86992.58762.0343
H51.08842.13372.35482.86991.77002.7735
H61.08532.13532.37122.58761.77003.0458
H72.22691.10162.78222.03432.77353.0458

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.731 C1 C2 H7 115.815
C2 C1 Cl3 111.417 C2 C1 H5 109.041
C2 C1 H6 109.350 Cl3 C1 H5 108.289
Cl3 C1 H6 109.663 O4 C2 H7 122.434
H5 C1 H6 109.039
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.414826
Energy at 298.15K-612.418318
HF Energy-611.811859
Nuclear repulsion energy147.056915
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/6-31G**
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' 3151 2944 15.65      
2 A' 3014 2816 95.91      
3 A' 1811 1692 79.91      
4 A' 1502 1403 18.54      
5 A' 1445 1350 12.79      
6 A' 1366 1276 20.79      
7 A' 990 925 5.31      
8 A' 803 750 8.92      
9 A' 658 615 37.14      
10 A' 222 207 2.79      
11 A" 3215 3004 1.38      
12 A" 1247 1166 2.50      
13 A" 1073 1003 1.16      
14 A" 720 672 1.49      
15 A" 161 150 0.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10687.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9986.7 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.50329 0.12882 0.10455

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.924 0.000
C2 1.359 0.263 0.000
Cl3 -1.338 -0.222 0.000
O4 1.569 -0.934 0.000
H5 -0.073 1.563 0.879
H6 -0.073 1.563 -0.879
H7 2.184 0.998 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51111.76132.43151.08951.08952.1856
C21.51112.74041.21582.12412.12411.1048
Cl31.76132.74042.99272.35772.35773.7275
O42.43151.21582.99273.11493.11492.0279
H51.08952.12412.35773.11491.75852.4873
H61.08952.12412.35773.11491.75852.4873
H72.18561.10483.72752.02792.48732.4873

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.829 C1 C2 H7 112.417
C2 C1 Cl3 113.526 C2 C1 H5 108.443
C2 C1 H6 108.443 Cl3 C1 H5 109.322
Cl3 C1 H6 109.322 O4 C2 H7 121.753
H5 C1 H6 107.616
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability