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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1073.013056
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1073.013056
Nuclear repulsion energy264.538663
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 TPSSh/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 3123 2994 3.79 89.84 0.23 0.37
2 A 2963 2841 59.02 146.26 0.32 0.48
3 A 1836 1760 128.79 15.83 0.43 0.60
4 A 1402 1344 14.68 5.12 0.68 0.81
5 A 1264 1212 14.24 5.80 0.74 0.85
6 A 1222 1172 12.47 10.81 0.73 0.84
7 A 1023 980 12.77 2.68 0.56 0.71
8 A 925 887 11.89 6.19 0.61 0.75
9 A 785 753 89.48 6.32 0.67 0.80
10 A 637 611 41.89 9.87 0.10 0.18
11 A 600 575 43.01 8.18 0.43 0.60
12 A 335 321 2.01 3.81 0.22 0.37
13 A 267 256 3.87 6.19 0.65 0.79
14 A 213 204 2.46 1.62 0.71 0.83
15 A 85 81 9.94 2.11 0.71 0.83

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8339.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7994.8 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
0.12351 0.08820 0.05450

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.098 -0.021 0.521
C2 -0.695 -1.297 0.193
H3 0.232 0.071 1.600
Cl4 1.753 -0.238 -0.168
Cl5 -0.706 1.445 -0.059
O6 -1.787 -1.307 -0.315
H7 -0.152 -2.217 0.486

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53711.09191.80571.76962.42992.2101
C21.53712.17062.69132.75341.20461.1077
H31.09192.17062.35292.34903.10582.5740
Cl41.80572.69132.35292.98163.70062.8236
Cl51.76962.75342.34902.98162.96803.7434
O62.42991.20463.10583.70062.96802.0352
H72.21011.10772.57402.82363.74342.0352

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.376 C1 C2 H7 112.346
C2 C1 H3 110.154 C2 C1 Cl4 106.967
C2 C1 Cl5 112.558 H3 C1 Cl4 105.950
H3 C1 Cl5 108.001 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.009
O6 C2 H7 123.276
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.398      
2 C 0.318      
3 H 0.241      
4 Cl -0.000      
5 Cl 0.039      
6 O -0.336      
7 H 0.137      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.082 -0.898 2.004 2.448
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.900 -0.712 0.189
y -0.712 6.794 -0.330
z 0.189 -0.330 4.328


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 187.139
(<r2>)1/2 13.680