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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.439224
Energy at 298.15K-1071.441804
HF Energy-1070.703062
Nuclear repulsion energy263.499982
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 CCD/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' 3247 3045 1.07      
2 A' 3088 2896 39.57      
3 A' 1879 1761 105.66      
4 A' 1457 1366 4.57      
5 A' 1278 1198 9.44      
6 A' 1117 1047 20.76      
7 A' 827 775 22.76      
8 A' 452 424 4.65      
9 A' 336 315 24.37      
10 A' 267 251 2.11      
11 A" 1319 1237 30.32      
12 A" 1048 983 21.56      
13 A" 800 750 88.86      
14 A" 289 271 2.29      
15 A" 74 70 8.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8738.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8193.2 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
0.10541 0.09484 0.05254

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.378 -0.019 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.400 0.000
H3 1.461 0.009 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.844 1.472
Cl5 -0.172 -0.844 -1.472
O6 0.553 2.366 0.000
H7 -1.270 1.468 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52251.08401.77431.77432.39172.2195
C21.52252.14582.68382.68381.20741.0996
H31.08402.14582.35822.35822.52603.0963
Cl41.77432.68382.35822.94383.60472.9523
Cl51.77432.68382.35822.94383.60472.9523
O62.39171.20742.52603.60473.60472.0316
H72.21951.09963.09632.95232.95232.0316

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.929 C1 C2 H7 114.700
C2 C1 H3 109.675 C2 C1 Cl4 108.750
C2 C1 Cl5 108.750 H3 C1 Cl4 108.769
H3 C1 Cl5 108.769 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.106
O6 C2 H7 123.371
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.437043
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.700347
Nuclear repulsion energy266.183086
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 CCD/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 3194 2995 5.02      
2 A 3075 2883 47.43      
3 A 1886 1768 90.50      
4 A 1454 1363 15.23      
5 A 1329 1246 13.85      
6 A 1300 1219 14.60      
7 A 1074 1007 11.70      
8 A 978 917 6.15      
9 A 875 821 66.45      
10 A 677 635 31.06      
11 A 631 592 26.68      
12 A 360 338 0.68      
13 A 286 268 3.31      
14 A 230 216 3.19      
15 A 81 76 10.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8715.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8171.5 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
0.12593 0.08891 0.05502

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.103 -0.035 0.507
C2 -0.736 -1.271 0.172
H3 0.215 0.030 1.587
Cl4 1.736 -0.285 -0.162
Cl5 -0.643 1.455 -0.057
O6 -1.846 -1.233 -0.296
H7 -0.227 -2.214 0.421

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53051.08791.78201.75902.42412.2051
C21.53052.14452.68212.73651.20471.1004
H31.08792.14452.33932.33813.06382.5673
Cl41.78202.68212.33932.94873.70712.8129
Cl51.75902.73652.33812.94872.95423.7228
O62.42411.20473.06383.70712.95422.0239
H72.20511.10042.56732.81293.72282.0239

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.382 C1 C2 H7 112.867
C2 C1 H3 108.794 C2 C1 Cl4 107.885
C2 C1 Cl5 112.402 H3 C1 Cl4 106.686
H3 C1 Cl5 108.101 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.759
O6 C2 H7 122.743
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability