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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

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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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1073.006513
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1073.006513
Nuclear repulsion energy264.066698
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3119 2996 3.98 84.00 0.23 0.38
2 A 2957 2841 54.12 133.23 0.32 0.48
3 A 1857 1784 129.54 14.74 0.45 0.62
4 A 1406 1351 14.70 4.92 0.69 0.81
5 A 1267 1217 13.66 5.65 0.75 0.85
6 A 1226 1178 13.63 10.92 0.73 0.84
7 A 1027 987 11.57 2.87 0.56 0.72
8 A 929 893 11.89 6.18 0.61 0.75
9 A 790 759 82.86 6.52 0.68 0.81
10 A 636 611 41.95 9.94 0.11 0.20
11 A 601 577 41.98 8.14 0.44 0.62
12 A 341 328 1.91 3.92 0.23 0.37
13 A 272 261 3.53 5.95 0.64 0.78
14 A 219 210 2.35 1.64 0.72 0.83
15 A 85 81 10.04 2.12 0.72 0.83

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8365.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8037.9 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
0.12285 0.08787 0.05419

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.095 -0.027 0.516
C2 -0.708 -1.296 0.188
H3 0.223 0.057 1.597
Cl4 1.756 -0.248 -0.166
Cl5 -0.696 1.455 -0.058
O6 -1.800 -1.301 -0.312
H7 -0.170 -2.220 0.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53701.09211.80911.77492.42922.2093
C21.53702.16402.70092.76131.20091.1088
H31.09212.16402.35662.35303.09572.5672
Cl41.80912.70092.35662.98723.71162.8306
Cl51.77492.76132.35302.98722.97993.7509
O62.42921.20093.09573.71162.97992.0318
H72.20931.10882.56722.83063.75092.0318

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.613 C1 C2 H7 112.227
C2 C1 H3 109.633 C2 C1 Cl4 107.368
C2 C1 Cl5 112.776 H3 C1 Cl4 105.985
H3 C1 Cl5 107.932 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.912
O6 C2 H7 123.156
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.350      
2 C 0.328      
3 H 0.216      
4 Cl -0.006      
5 Cl 0.031      
6 O -0.334      
7 H 0.115      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.107 -0.881 1.981 2.434
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.384 -1.923 -1.121
y -1.923 -41.449 -1.452
z -1.121 -1.452 -39.971
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.675 -1.923 -1.121
y -1.923 2.229 -1.452
z -1.121 -1.452 4.446
Polar
3z2-r28.891
x2-y2-5.936
xy-1.923
xz-1.121
yz-1.452


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.814 -0.731 0.177
y -0.731 6.745 -0.331
z 0.177 -0.331 4.303


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 188.007
(<r2>)1/2 13.712