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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31+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 MP2/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.405449
Energy at 298.15K-612.408745
HF Energy-611.819179
Nuclear repulsion energy142.710025
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 MP2/6-31+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 3246 3053 0.20      
2 A 3160 2973 8.27      
3 A 3064 2882 50.10      
4 A 1763 1658 109.59      
5 A 1495 1406 10.44      
6 A 1437 1352 4.72      
7 A 1327 1248 26.99      
8 A 1218 1145 4.28      
9 A 1086 1021 29.56      
10 A 1061 998 0.89      
11 A 849 799 26.21      
12 A 730 687 8.39      
13 A 468 441 9.30      
14 A 288 271 11.70      
15 A 52 49 18.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10622.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9406) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9991.3 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 MP2/6-31+G**
ABC
1.07010 0.08994 0.08558

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.657 0.122
C2 1.150 -0.345 0.164
Cl3 -1.551 -0.159 -0.069
O4 2.286 -0.049 -0.182
H5 0.002 1.213 1.060
H6 0.172 1.347 -0.703
H7 0.903 -1.346 0.550

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51341.77752.39571.09001.08662.2318
C21.51342.71751.22322.13282.13741.1014
Cl31.77752.71753.83972.35942.37472.7951
O42.39571.22323.83972.88982.58562.0324
H51.09002.13282.35942.88981.77582.7609
H61.08662.13742.37472.58561.77583.0585
H72.23181.10142.79512.03242.76093.0585

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.837 C1 C2 H7 116.309
C2 C1 Cl3 111.077 C2 C1 H5 108.925
C2 C1 H6 109.488 Cl3 C1 H5 108.338
Cl3 C1 H6 109.645 O4 C2 H7 121.833
H5 C1 H6 109.337
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.403440
Energy at 298.15K-612.406899
HF Energy-611.816076
Nuclear repulsion energy146.707737
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 MP2/6-31+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' 3139 2953 17.82      
2 A' 3014 2835 89.89      
3 A' 1781 1675 103.76      
4 A' 1488 1400 21.75      
5 A' 1431 1346 12.40      
6 A' 1361 1280 22.65      
7 A' 987 929 4.29      
8 A' 797 749 10.23      
9 A' 651 612 38.10      
10 A' 218 205 3.25      
11 A" 3203 3012 0.48      
12 A" 1229 1156 4.47      
13 A" 1067 1003 0.37      
14 A" 715 673 1.36      
15 A" 149 140 1.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10614.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9406) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9984.1 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 MP2/6-31+G**
ABC
0.50372 0.12772 0.10385

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.922 0.000
C2 1.362 0.265 0.000
Cl3 -1.344 -0.221 0.000
O4 1.578 -0.936 0.000
H5 -0.069 1.561 0.882
H6 -0.069 1.561 -0.882
H7 2.189 0.997 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51161.76372.43701.09111.09112.1904
C21.51162.74851.21982.12202.12201.1052
Cl31.76372.74853.00782.36152.36153.7370
O42.43701.21983.00783.11793.11792.0272
H51.09112.12202.36153.11791.76322.4887
H61.09112.12202.36153.11791.76322.4887
H72.19041.10523.73702.02722.48872.4887

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.970 C1 C2 H7 112.740
C2 C1 Cl3 113.880 C2 C1 H5 108.142
C2 C1 H6 108.142 Cl3 C1 H5 109.351
Cl3 C1 H6 109.351 O4 C2 H7 121.290
H5 C1 H6 107.797
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability