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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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

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 MP2/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.408252
Energy at 298.15K-1071.410809
HF Energy-1070.701899
Nuclear repulsion energy263.592985
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 MP2/6-31G**
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' 3243 3037 0.87      
2 A' 3073 2878 44.04      
3 A' 1791 1678 89.30      
4 A' 1440 1348 2.72      
5 A' 1264 1184 8.66      
6 A' 1108 1037 23.14      
7 A' 822 770 21.09      
8 A' 448 420 4.09      
9 A' 332 311 23.87      
10 A' 267 250 2.25      
11 A" 1314 1230 29.16      
12 A" 1038 972 22.32      
13 A" 792 742 101.13      
14 A" 287 269 2.35      
15 A" 73 69 7.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8645.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9365) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8096.4 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 MP2/6-31G**
ABC
0.10555 0.09495 0.05262

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.380 -0.024 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.393 0.000
H3 1.465 0.003 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.842 1.471
Cl5 -0.172 -0.842 -1.471
O6 0.553 2.370 0.000
H7 -1.272 1.450 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52071.08521.77091.77092.40022.2142
C21.52072.14742.67512.67511.21701.1013
H31.08522.14742.35712.35712.53633.0959
Cl41.77092.67512.35712.94153.60602.9371
Cl51.77092.67512.35712.94153.60602.9371
O62.40021.21702.53633.60603.60602.0438
H72.21421.10133.09592.93712.93712.0438

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.117 C1 C2 H7 114.284
C2 C1 H3 109.858 C2 C1 Cl4 108.482
C2 C1 Cl5 108.482 H3 C1 Cl4 108.852
H3 C1 Cl5 108.852 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.297
O6 C2 H7 123.599
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.406100
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.699168
Nuclear repulsion energy266.319193
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 MP2/6-31G**
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 3191 2988 4.58 76.54 0.25 0.40
2 A 3062 2868 52.70 120.76 0.30 0.46
3 A 1798 1684 76.65 7.28 0.52 0.68
4 A 1435 1344 12.19 5.24 0.60 0.75
5 A 1314 1231 18.11 6.57 0.67 0.80
6 A 1288 1206 10.95 8.90 0.75 0.86
7 A 1063 996 13.49 1.99 0.39 0.56
8 A 969 908 7.45 7.24 0.64 0.78
9 A 863 808 73.75 6.58 0.71 0.83
10 A 676 633 32.04 7.93 0.10 0.18
11 A 628 588 25.74 5.81 0.50 0.66
12 A 357 335 0.85 3.13 0.26 0.41
13 A 287 268 3.20 4.93 0.67 0.80
14 A 229 214 2.96 1.24 0.70 0.82
15 A 82 77 9.94 2.14 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8620.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9365) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8073.3 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 MP2/6-31G**
ABC
0.12629 0.08899 0.05519

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.107 -0.029 0.510
C2 -0.726 -1.269 0.180
H3 0.224 0.040 1.591
Cl4 1.734 -0.279 -0.165
Cl5 -0.650 1.448 -0.057
O6 -1.840 -1.240 -0.301
H7 -0.211 -2.207 0.443

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52981.08901.77951.75432.43222.2023
C21.52982.14642.67412.72881.21431.1018
H31.08902.14642.33802.33683.07892.5613
Cl41.77952.67412.33802.94623.70372.8056
Cl51.75432.72882.33682.94622.94993.7156
O62.43221.21433.07893.70372.94992.0356
H72.20231.10182.56132.80563.71562.0356

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.440 C1 C2 H7 112.613
C2 C1 H3 108.930 C2 C1 Cl4 107.578
C2 C1 Cl5 112.208 H3 C1 Cl4 106.701
H3 C1 Cl5 108.260 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.964
O6 C2 H7 122.940
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability