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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/TZVP

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 mPW1PW91/TZVP
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/TZVP
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1073.084972
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1073.084972
Nuclear repulsion energy266.139797
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 mPW1PW91/TZVP
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 3135 2990 5.00 84.58 0.18 0.31
2 A 2968 2831 49.92 138.98 0.30 0.47
3 A 1873 1786 158.65 19.24 0.37 0.55
4 A 1412 1347 13.32 3.55 0.57 0.73
5 A 1273 1214 14.42 4.27 0.75 0.86
6 A 1230 1173 11.16 6.75 0.72 0.84
7 A 1041 993 13.64 1.99 0.51 0.67
8 A 943 900 10.67 5.42 0.60 0.75
9 A 819 781 79.98 7.10 0.68 0.81
10 A 652 622 41.38 8.94 0.13 0.23
11 A 620 591 35.91 7.75 0.45 0.62
12 A 344 328 1.65 2.63 0.21 0.35
13 A 275 262 3.86 5.49 0.64 0.78
14 A 219 209 2.67 1.73 0.73 0.84
15 A 86 82 11.53 1.90 0.70 0.82

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8444.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.954) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8055.6 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 mPW1PW91/TZVP
ABC
0.12364 0.08987 0.05513

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.094 -0.019 0.515
C2 -0.691 -1.288 0.195
H3 0.219 0.065 1.593
Cl4 1.737 -0.240 -0.166
Cl5 -0.699 1.445 -0.059
O6 -1.767 -1.313 -0.316
H7 -0.150 -2.204 0.497

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52581.08861.79281.76112.41362.1981
C21.52582.14842.66982.74471.19061.1058
H31.08862.14842.34362.33983.08032.5470
Cl41.79282.66982.34362.96373.66792.8038
Cl51.76112.74472.33982.96372.96903.7314
O62.41361.19063.08033.66792.96902.0162
H72.19811.10582.54702.80383.73142.0162

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.923 C1 C2 H7 112.311
C2 C1 H3 109.386 C2 C1 Cl4 106.843
C2 C1 Cl5 113.041 H3 C1 Cl4 106.264
H3 C1 Cl5 108.056 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.006
O6 C2 H7 122.765
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.079      
2 C 0.087      
3 H 0.207      
4 Cl -0.064      
5 Cl -0.033      
6 O -0.224      
7 H 0.105      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.320 -0.724 2.017 2.517
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.701 -2.349 -1.317
y -2.349 -41.679 -1.618
z -1.317 -1.618 -40.109
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.807 -2.349 -1.317
y -2.349 2.226 -1.618
z -1.317 -1.618 4.581
Polar
3z2-r29.162
x2-y2-6.022
xy-2.349
xz-1.317
yz-1.618


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.354 -0.685 0.216
y -0.685 7.133 -0.316
z 0.216 -0.316 4.965


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.546
(<r2>)1/2 13.622