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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.561451
Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.558219
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.309402
Nuclear repulsion energy265.022989
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=FULLultrafine/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 3150 3150 5.00 85.01 0.18 0.31
2 A 3017 3017 45.52 135.02 0.31 0.47
3 A 1808 1808 131.88 17.95 0.38 0.55
4 A 1412 1412 12.55 3.63 0.48 0.65
5 A 1285 1285 14.96 3.81 0.71 0.83
6 A 1251 1251 11.90 7.67 0.74 0.85
7 A 1042 1042 13.98 2.49 0.44 0.61
8 A 947 947 8.86 5.68 0.59 0.74
9 A 816 816 83.47 7.70 0.67 0.80
10 A 651 651 36.92 11.32 0.09 0.17
11 A 608 608 32.63 6.74 0.53 0.70
12 A 350 350 1.44 4.26 0.18 0.30
13 A 277 277 3.46 4.42 0.67 0.80
14 A 220 220 3.09 1.31 0.70 0.82
15 A 80 80 12.13 1.99 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8457.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8457.3 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
0.12424 0.08836 0.05452

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.097 -0.030 0.509
C2 -0.723 -1.280 0.175
H3 0.215 0.041 1.591
Cl4 1.745 -0.273 -0.162
Cl5 -0.662 1.459 -0.058
O6 -1.834 -1.264 -0.298
H7 -0.198 -2.217 0.430

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53191.08991.79581.76532.42992.2079
C21.53192.15112.68682.74961.20781.1035
H31.08992.15112.34802.34473.07682.5720
Cl41.79582.68682.34802.96743.71622.8115
Cl51.76532.74962.34472.96742.97403.7369
O62.42991.20783.07683.71622.97402.0283
H72.20791.10352.57202.81153.73692.0283

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.553 C1 C2 H7 112.809
C2 C1 H3 109.103 C2 C1 Cl4 107.419
C2 C1 Cl5 112.813 H3 C1 Cl4 106.327
H3 C1 Cl5 108.070 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.870
O6 C2 H7 122.629
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.250      
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 -0.843 1.968 2.531
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.996 -2.221 -1.279
y -2.221 -42.257 -1.534
z -1.279 -1.534 -40.897
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.419 -2.221 -1.279
y -2.221 2.689 -1.534
z -1.279 -1.534 4.730
Polar
3z2-r29.459
x2-y2-6.739
xy-2.221
xz-1.279
yz-1.534


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.906 -0.637 0.234
y -0.637 7.697 -0.235
z 0.234 -0.235 5.470


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 187.577
(<r2>)1/2 13.696