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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP

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 wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1073.048492
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1073.048492
Nuclear repulsion energy266.979677
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 wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
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 3128 2988 5.41 77.28 0.17 0.30
2 A 2960 2827 49.27 133.81 0.29 0.44
3 A 1876 1792 159.61 16.65 0.42 0.59
4 A 1405 1342 12.97 3.39 0.40 0.58
5 A 1277 1220 10.60 2.79 0.74 0.85
6 A 1228 1173 10.77 5.04 0.72 0.84
7 A 1041 995 14.70 1.67 0.46 0.63
8 A 947 904 10.48 3.54 0.63 0.77
9 A 828 791 71.86 5.88 0.71 0.83
10 A 657 628 38.55 9.41 0.11 0.20
11 A 623 595 30.01 5.85 0.42 0.59
12 A 347 331 1.53 2.42 0.18 0.30
13 A 277 265 3.73 3.94 0.63 0.77
14 A 218 208 2.90 1.24 0.70 0.82
15 A 87 83 10.71 1.56 0.72 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8450.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9552) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8071.4 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 wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.12440 0.09053 0.05553

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.096 -0.022 0.515
C2 -0.721 -1.275 0.194
H3 0.222 0.057 1.593
Cl4 1.724 -0.270 -0.167
Cl5 -0.660 1.453 -0.058
O6 -1.795 -1.271 -0.316
H7 -0.204 -2.204 0.497

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52981.08811.78261.75302.41342.2028
C21.52982.14982.66762.74001.18891.1054
H31.08812.14982.33652.33433.07852.5492
Cl41.78262.66762.33652.94303.66092.8099
Cl51.75302.74002.33432.94302.96183.7265
O62.41341.18893.07853.66092.96182.0155
H72.20281.10542.54922.80993.72652.0155

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.700 C1 C2 H7 112.423
C2 C1 H3 109.244 C2 C1 Cl4 107.040
C2 C1 Cl5 112.984 H3 C1 Cl4 106.441
H3 C1 Cl5 108.211 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.688
O6 C2 H7 122.877
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.059      
2 C 0.111      
3 H 0.121      
4 Cl -0.085      
5 Cl -0.051      
6 O -0.239      
7 H 0.084      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.333 -0.722 1.945 2.466
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.379 -2.181 -1.316
y -2.181 -41.333 -1.600
z -1.316 -1.600 -39.958
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.733 -2.181 -1.316
y -2.181 2.335 -1.600
z -1.316 -1.600 4.398
Polar
3z2-r28.797
x2-y2-6.046
xy-2.181
xz-1.316
yz-1.600


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.725 -0.616 0.183
y -0.616 7.711 -0.281
z 0.183 -0.281 5.572


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 184.315
(<r2>)1/2 13.576