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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.609914
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.609914
Nuclear repulsion energy266.310437
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/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 3127 3001 5.08 85.81 0.18 0.31
2 A 2961 2842 49.54 140.28 0.30 0.47
3 A 1873 1798 157.35 19.06 0.38 0.55
4 A 1406 1350 12.93 3.57 0.57 0.72
5 A 1269 1218 14.61 4.27 0.75 0.86
6 A 1226 1177 10.87 6.73 0.72 0.84
7 A 1041 999 13.94 1.91 0.50 0.67
8 A 943 905 10.14 5.60 0.60 0.75
9 A 823 789 80.19 7.01 0.67 0.81
10 A 655 628 41.03 8.73 0.13 0.24
11 A 621 596 34.21 7.53 0.45 0.62
12 A 345 331 1.59 2.59 0.22 0.36
13 A 276 265 3.83 5.48 0.64 0.78
14 A 219 210 2.68 1.71 0.73 0.84
15 A 87 83 11.36 1.91 0.70 0.82

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8435.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8094.9 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 PBE1PBE/TZVP
ABC
0.12390 0.08998 0.05522

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.095 -0.019 0.515
C2 -0.691 -1.287 0.194
H3 0.220 0.065 1.595
Cl4 1.736 -0.240 -0.166
Cl5 -0.698 1.443 -0.059
O6 -1.767 -1.311 -0.315
H7 -0.148 -2.205 0.494

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52561.09031.79071.75942.41352.1992
C21.52562.14912.66722.74201.19121.1074
H31.09032.14912.34362.34023.08052.5491
Cl41.79072.66722.34362.96103.66612.8010
Cl51.75942.74202.34022.96102.96593.7304
O62.41351.19123.08053.66612.96592.0185
H72.19921.10742.54912.80103.73042.0185

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.888 C1 C2 H7 112.311
C2 C1 H3 109.348 C2 C1 Cl4 106.807
C2 C1 Cl5 112.982 H3 C1 Cl4 106.322
H3 C1 Cl5 108.106 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.035
O6 C2 H7 122.800
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.083      
2 C 0.075      
3 H 0.209      
4 Cl -0.060      
5 Cl -0.030      
6 O -0.216      
7 H 0.106      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.322 -0.715 2.005 2.506
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.742 -2.349 -1.308
y -2.349 -41.758 -1.609
z -1.308 -1.609 -40.195
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.766 -2.349 -1.308
y -2.349 2.211 -1.609
z -1.308 -1.609 4.555
Polar
3z2-r29.110
x2-y2-5.985
xy-2.349
xz-1.308
yz-1.609


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.357 -0.684 0.218
y -0.684 7.152 -0.317
z 0.218 -0.317 4.983


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.350
(<r2>)1/2 13.614