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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.427356
Energy at 298.15K-612.430619
HF Energy-611.814545
Nuclear repulsion energy142.473806
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/6-31G**
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 3233 3044 1.37      
2 A 3158 2973 9.50      
3 A 3047 2868 60.19      
4 A 1829 1722 112.10      
5 A 1509 1421 8.77      
6 A 1451 1366 7.49      
7 A 1329 1251 27.21      
8 A 1229 1157 2.37      
9 A 1079 1016 31.97      
10 A 1063 1001 0.70      
11 A 841 792 29.99      
12 A 730 687 6.83      
13 A 466 439 9.64      
14 A 283 267 12.24      
15 A 40 38 17.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10644.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10020.3 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
1.10739 0.08910 0.08458

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.022 0.651 0.102
C2 1.159 -0.358 0.128
Cl3 -1.562 -0.154 -0.056
O4 2.298 -0.038 -0.146
H5 0.025 1.217 1.033
H6 0.164 1.334 -0.730
H7 0.890 -1.383 0.433

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52011.78352.39101.08941.08662.2358
C21.52012.73441.21512.14142.14241.1023
Cl31.78352.73443.86292.36302.37652.7859
O42.39101.21513.86292.85162.60332.0316
H51.08942.14142.36302.85161.77272.8052
H61.08662.14242.37652.60331.77273.0433
H72.23581.10232.78592.03162.80523.0433

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.494 C1 C2 H7 116.069
C2 C1 Cl3 111.481 C2 C1 H5 109.177
C2 C1 H6 109.419 Cl3 C1 H5 108.237
Cl3 C1 H6 109.382 O4 C2 H7 122.420
H5 C1 H6 109.105
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.425902
Energy at 298.15K-612.429375
HF Energy-611.812234
Nuclear repulsion energy146.657290
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/6-31G**
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' 3135 2952 17.71      
2 A' 3004 2828 94.62      
3 A' 1847 1739 102.84      
4 A' 1507 1419 15.86      
5 A' 1448 1364 15.37      
6 A' 1369 1289 19.05      
7 A' 984 926 5.47      
8 A' 796 749 7.43      
9 A' 650 612 40.32      
10 A' 222 209 2.91      
11 A" 3192 3005 3.32      
12 A" 1245 1172 2.18      
13 A" 1071 1008 1.14      
14 A" 724 682 0.94      
15 A" 152 143 1.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10673.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10047.9 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
0.50273 0.12768 0.10378

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.926 0.000
C2 1.366 0.265 0.000
Cl3 -1.344 -0.227 0.000
O4 1.577 -0.928 0.000
H5 -0.077 1.564 0.881
H6 -0.077 1.564 -0.881
H7 2.191 1.001 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51711.77052.43401.09071.09072.1925
C21.51712.75401.21212.13202.13201.1055
Cl31.77052.75403.00382.36402.36403.7422
O42.43401.21213.00383.11843.11842.0246
H51.09072.13202.36403.11841.76222.4978
H61.09072.13202.36403.11841.76222.4978
H72.19251.10553.74222.02462.49782.4978

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.836 C1 C2 H7 112.488
C2 C1 Cl3 113.570 C2 C1 H5 108.569
C2 C1 H6 108.569 Cl3 C1 H5 109.105
Cl3 C1 H6 109.105 O4 C2 H7 121.677
H5 C1 H6 107.765
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability