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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G**

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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.505729
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.505729
Nuclear repulsion energy266.324823
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3142 2994 4.25 83.42 0.24 0.38
2 A 2999 2858 52.82 129.57 0.32 0.48
3 A 1896 1807 133.34 14.37 0.44 0.61
4 A 1413 1346 14.11 4.67 0.67 0.80
5 A 1288 1227 15.18 5.83 0.73 0.84
6 A 1251 1193 11.63 10.78 0.74 0.85
7 A 1045 996 13.47 2.17 0.52 0.69
8 A 951 906 10.13 6.87 0.60 0.75
9 A 832 793 88.17 6.38 0.67 0.80
10 A 662 631 40.11 8.59 0.11 0.20
11 A 619 590 31.15 6.61 0.43 0.60
12 A 350 333 1.41 3.37 0.24 0.39
13 A 279 266 3.73 5.52 0.66 0.79
14 A 221 211 2.73 1.45 0.71 0.83
15 A 88 84 10.22 2.06 0.72 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8517.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8118.1 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.12553 0.08924 0.05515

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.101 -0.025 0.510
C2 -0.713 -1.280 0.181
H3 0.222 0.051 1.594
Cl4 1.738 -0.260 -0.164
Cl5 -0.674 1.445 -0.057
O6 -1.808 -1.269 -0.303
H7 -0.181 -2.213 0.454

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53101.09371.78581.75602.41872.2064
C21.53102.15472.67722.73501.19701.1087
H31.09372.15472.34212.33953.07622.5671
Cl41.78582.67722.34212.95523.68912.8069
Cl51.75602.73502.33952.95522.95113.7261
O62.41871.19703.07623.68912.95112.0277
H72.20641.10872.56712.80693.72612.0277

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.457 C1 C2 H7 112.432
C2 C1 H3 109.224 C2 C1 Cl4 107.395
C2 C1 Cl5 112.445 H3 C1 Cl4 106.360
H3 C1 Cl5 108.101 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.099
O6 C2 H7 123.107
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.475      
2 C 0.265      
3 H 0.284      
4 Cl 0.019      
5 Cl 0.054      
6 O -0.325      
7 H 0.179      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.149 -0.906 1.959 2.445
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.329 -1.915 -1.081
y -1.915 -41.288 -1.424
z -1.081 -1.424 -39.925
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.722 -1.915 -1.081
y -1.915 2.338 -1.424
z -1.081 -1.424 4.384
Polar
3z2-r28.768
x2-y2-6.041
xy-1.915
xz-1.081
yz-1.424


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.632 -0.720 0.175
y -0.720 6.615 -0.314
z 0.175 -0.314 4.252


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.158
(<r2>)1/2 13.607