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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 bisecting, trans 1A
1 2 no CS eclipsed, cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.429227
Energy at 298.15K-612.432515
HF Energy-611.819361
Nuclear repulsion energy142.798765
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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
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 3249 3051 0.18      
2 A 3164 2972 8.31      
3 A 3065 2879 49.67      
4 A 1767 1660 109.67      
5 A 1496 1405 10.83      
6 A 1439 1351 4.68      
7 A 1328 1248 27.29      
8 A 1220 1146 3.92      
9 A 1085 1019 30.24      
10 A 1062 998 0.80      
11 A 849 798 27.14      
12 A 729 685 7.71      
13 A 469 440 9.13      
14 A 287 270 11.89      
15 A 48 45 18.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10628.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9982.5 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
1.08717 0.08988 0.08545

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.018 0.653 0.116
C2 1.149 -0.349 0.151
Cl3 -1.552 -0.157 -0.064
O4 2.289 -0.045 -0.169
H5 0.011 1.211 1.051
H6 0.170 1.342 -0.710
H7 0.897 -1.359 0.508

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51211.77582.39301.08881.08572.2306
C21.51212.71711.22202.13002.13491.1006
Cl31.77582.71713.84402.35772.37272.7876
O42.39301.22203.84402.87282.58872.0306
H51.08882.13002.35772.87281.77312.7716
H61.08572.13492.37272.58871.77313.0502
H72.23061.10062.78762.03062.77163.0502

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.781 C1 C2 H7 116.363
C2 C1 Cl3 111.206 C2 C1 H5 108.869
C2 C1 H6 109.437 Cl3 C1 H5 108.383
Cl3 C1 H6 109.662 O4 C2 H7 121.836
H5 C1 H6 109.250
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.427276
Energy at 298.15K-612.430740
HF Energy-611.816246
Nuclear repulsion energy146.852397
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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
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' 3142 2951 17.75      
2 A' 3017 2833 89.73      
3 A' 1785 1676 103.83      
4 A' 1489 1399 22.14      
5 A' 1433 1346 12.19      
6 A' 1363 1280 22.55      
7 A' 988 928 4.33      
8 A' 798 749 10.01      
9 A' 652 613 37.90      
10 A' 218 205 3.28      
11 A" 3206 3011 0.43      
12 A" 1232 1157 4.44      
13 A" 1068 1003 0.39      
14 A" 716 673 1.41      
15 A" 151 142 1.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10628.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9982.1 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
0.50467 0.12798 0.10406

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.921 0.000
C2 1.360 0.265 0.000
Cl3 -1.342 -0.221 0.000
O4 1.576 -0.935 0.000
H5 -0.069 1.560 0.881
H6 -0.069 1.560 -0.881
H7 2.187 0.997 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50981.76202.43451.09001.09002.1884
C21.50982.74571.21882.11952.11951.1042
Cl31.76202.74573.00482.35952.35953.7334
O42.43451.21883.00483.11483.11482.0254
H51.09002.11952.35953.11481.76112.4860
H61.09002.11952.35953.11481.76112.4860
H72.18841.10423.73342.02542.48602.4860

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.969 C1 C2 H7 112.759
C2 C1 Cl3 113.884 C2 C1 H5 108.135
C2 C1 H6 108.135 Cl3 C1 H5 109.371
Cl3 C1 H6 109.371 O4 C2 H7 121.272
H5 C1 H6 107.764
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability