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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31+G**

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/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.515871
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.515871
Nuclear repulsion energy266.199255
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/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 3128 2988 5.44 88.66 0.18 0.30
2 A 2993 2859 44.15 136.42 0.31 0.48
3 A 1877 1793 156.40 20.11 0.38 0.55
4 A 1398 1335 12.94 3.13 0.53 0.69
5 A 1273 1216 14.02 3.87 0.72 0.84
6 A 1234 1179 10.56 7.76 0.74 0.85
7 A 1043 996 15.01 2.07 0.49 0.65
8 A 948 905 9.27 5.90 0.56 0.71
9 A 829 792 87.72 6.90 0.64 0.78
10 A 659 630 41.10 9.80 0.10 0.19
11 A 612 585 28.51 6.09 0.47 0.64
12 A 349 333 1.37 3.80 0.19 0.31
13 A 279 266 3.78 4.38 0.68 0.81
14 A 217 207 3.16 1.29 0.69 0.82
15 A 84 80 11.96 1.91 0.73 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8461.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8083.0 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.12525 0.08921 0.05500

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.098 -0.027 0.504
C2 -0.718 -1.277 0.173
H3 0.214 0.043 1.590
Cl4 1.737 -0.269 -0.161
Cl5 -0.663 1.451 -0.058
O6 -1.822 -1.263 -0.295
H7 -0.186 -2.215 0.428

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52961.09401.78561.75562.41902.2078
C21.52962.14972.67562.73901.19851.1082
H31.09402.14972.34182.33853.06662.5714
Cl41.78562.67562.34182.95533.69752.7988
Cl51.75562.73902.33852.95532.96053.7293
O62.41901.19853.06663.69752.96052.0259
H72.20781.10822.57142.79883.72932.0259

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.486 C1 C2 H7 112.678
C2 C1 H3 108.912 C2 C1 Cl4 107.373
C2 C1 Cl5 112.790 H3 C1 Cl4 106.334
H3 C1 Cl5 108.044 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.133
O6 C2 H7 122.830
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.334      
2 C 0.098      
3 H 0.279      
4 Cl 0.032      
5 Cl 0.058      
6 O -0.302      
7 H 0.169      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.357 -0.835 1.973 2.536
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.446 -2.210 -1.222
y -2.210 -41.779 -1.507
z -1.222 -1.507 -40.499
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.307 -2.210 -1.222
y -2.210 2.694 -1.507
z -1.222 -1.507 4.613
Polar
3z2-r29.226
x2-y2-6.667
xy-2.210
xz-1.222
yz-1.507


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.825 -0.619 0.233
y -0.619 7.671 -0.236
z 0.233 -0.236 5.419


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.900
(<r2>)1/2 13.635