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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.447795
Energy at 298.15K-1071.450345
HF Energy-1070.702493
Nuclear repulsion energy263.062310
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' 3238 3048 1.14      
2 A' 3069 2889 44.21      
3 A' 1839 1731 117.73      
4 A' 1446 1361 4.01      
5 A' 1268 1194 10.47      
6 A' 1107 1042 21.92      
7 A' 817 770 22.92      
8 A' 447 421 4.42      
9 A' 333 314 24.61      
10 A' 265 250 2.08      
11 A" 1310 1233 31.09      
12 A" 1038 977 20.21      
13 A" 786 739 98.13      
14 A" 287 270 2.24      
15 A" 72 68 8.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8660.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8153.4 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
0.10505 0.09455 0.05237

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 0.380 -0.021 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.401 0.000
H3 1.464 0.006 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.845 1.474
Cl5 -0.172 -0.845 -1.474
O6 0.553 2.371 0.000
H7 -1.271 1.464 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52461.08451.77691.77692.39812.2201
C21.52462.14992.68602.68601.21201.1007
H31.08452.14992.36102.36102.53443.0994
Cl41.77692.68602.36102.94873.61142.9512
Cl51.77692.68602.36102.94873.61142.9512
O62.39811.21202.53443.61143.61142.0379
H72.22011.10073.09942.95122.95122.0379

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.985 C1 C2 H7 114.515
C2 C1 H3 109.825 C2 C1 Cl4 108.651
C2 C1 Cl5 108.651 H3 C1 Cl4 108.780
H3 C1 Cl5 108.780 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.137
O6 C2 H7 123.499
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.445623
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.699762
Nuclear repulsion energy265.727395
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 3185 2998 5.11      
2 A 3057 2878 52.59      
3 A 1845 1737 100.74      
4 A 1443 1358 14.08      
5 A 1320 1242 14.56      
6 A 1291 1215 14.85      
7 A 1064 1002 11.63      
8 A 970 913 7.13      
9 A 861 810 71.71      
10 A 671 632 32.88      
11 A 623 587 26.31      
12 A 358 337 0.76      
13 A 285 268 3.28      
14 A 228 215 3.18      
15 A 79 75 11.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8638.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8132.2 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
0.12568 0.08853 0.05482

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 0.104 -0.035 0.508
C2 -0.737 -1.272 0.170
H3 0.215 0.030 1.589
Cl4 1.739 -0.287 -0.162
Cl5 -0.642 1.457 -0.057
O6 -1.854 -1.233 -0.293
H7 -0.224 -2.215 0.413

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53301.08841.78501.76092.43062.2066
C21.53302.14802.68532.73941.20941.1014
H31.08842.14802.34222.34053.06902.5724
Cl41.78502.68532.34222.95323.71722.8106
Cl51.76092.73942.34052.95322.95943.7255
O62.43061.20943.06903.71722.95942.0299
H72.20661.10142.57242.81063.72552.0299

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.404 C1 C2 H7 112.749
C2 C1 H3 108.871 C2 C1 Cl4 107.813
C2 C1 Cl5 112.355 H3 C1 Cl4 106.680
H3 C1 Cl5 108.130 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.783
O6 C2 H7 122.837
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability