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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP/6-31+G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31+G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.547902
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.309375
Nuclear repulsion energy264.943730
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 B2PLYP/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 3149 2999 4.99 85.11 0.18 0.31
2 A 3017 2873 45.50 135.17 0.31 0.47
3 A 1807 1721 131.90 17.93 0.38 0.55
4 A 1412 1345 12.62 3.62 0.48 0.65
5 A 1284 1223 15.11 3.81 0.70 0.83
6 A 1251 1191 11.75 7.66 0.74 0.85
7 A 1042 992 14.02 2.49 0.44 0.61
8 A 947 902 8.88 5.70 0.59 0.74
9 A 816 777 83.73 7.72 0.67 0.80
10 A 651 620 36.98 11.36 0.09 0.17
11 A 608 579 32.66 6.74 0.53 0.70
12 A 349 333 1.43 4.29 0.18 0.30
13 A 277 264 3.46 4.42 0.67 0.80
14 A 220 209 3.09 1.31 0.70 0.82
15 A 80 76 12.15 1.99 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8454.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9524) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8052.0 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 B2PLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.12418 0.08831 0.05448

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.097 -0.031 0.509
C2 -0.724 -1.280 0.175
H3 0.215 0.040 1.591
Cl4 1.746 -0.274 -0.162
Cl5 -0.662 1.459 -0.058
O6 -1.836 -1.264 -0.297
H7 -0.199 -2.218 0.428

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53241.09021.79631.76592.43052.2086
C21.53242.15192.68772.75051.20811.1038
H31.09022.15192.34872.34533.07732.5734
Cl41.79632.68772.34872.96823.71772.8119
Cl51.76592.75052.34532.96822.97493.7380
O62.43051.20813.07733.71772.97492.0288
H72.20861.10382.57342.81193.73802.0288

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.547 C1 C2 H7 112.807
C2 C1 H3 109.110 C2 C1 Cl4 107.423
C2 C1 Cl5 112.813 H3 C1 Cl4 106.329
H3 C1 Cl5 108.062 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.864
O6 C2 H7 122.638
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.249      
2 C 0.135      
3 H 0.244      
4 Cl 0.005      
5 Cl 0.031      
6 O -0.315      
7 H 0.150      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.350 -0.846 1.967 2.531
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.005 -2.219 -1.277
y -2.219 -42.251 -1.531
z -1.277 -1.531 -40.894
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.432 -2.219 -1.277
y -2.219 2.698 -1.531
z -1.277 -1.531 4.734
Polar
3z2-r29.467
x2-y2-6.754
xy-2.219
xz-1.277
yz-1.531


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.910 -0.638 0.233
y -0.638 7.701 -0.235
z 0.233 -0.235 5.470


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 187.678
(<r2>)1/2 13.700