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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.443465
Energy at 298.15K-612.446783
HF Energy-611.843467
Nuclear repulsion energy142.546005
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/cc-pVDZ
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 3215 3055 0.67      
2 A 3125 2970 8.28      
3 A 2998 2849 74.34      
4 A 1791 1702 99.63      
5 A 1453 1381 9.46      
6 A 1412 1342 5.20      
7 A 1273 1210 17.60      
8 A 1192 1133 5.95      
9 A 1077 1023 27.88      
10 A 1034 983 1.69      
11 A 846 804 19.66      
12 A 721 686 10.56      
13 A 464 441 9.13      
14 A 291 276 9.26      
15 A 69 66 11.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10479.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9959.7 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.97157 0.09094 0.08690

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.684 0.143
C2 1.161 -0.306 0.234
Cl3 -1.537 -0.175 -0.086
O4 2.256 -0.084 -0.246
H5 -0.055 1.254 1.083
H6 0.180 1.375 -0.694
H7 0.927 -1.245 0.791

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52041.78532.40441.10201.09832.2316
C21.52042.72031.21522.15292.15641.1169
Cl31.78532.72033.79702.36822.39202.8252
O42.40441.21523.79702.98312.57712.0465
H51.10202.15292.36822.98311.79702.7009
H61.09832.15642.39202.57711.79703.1030
H72.23161.11692.82522.04652.70093.1030

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.631 C1 C2 H7 114.726
C2 C1 Cl3 110.498 C2 C1 H5 109.326
C2 C1 H6 109.816 Cl3 C1 H5 107.861
Cl3 C1 H6 109.793 O4 C2 H7 122.636
H5 C1 H6 109.513
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.442457
Energy at 298.15K-612.445942
HF Energy-611.841262
Nuclear repulsion energy146.425949
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/cc-pVDZ
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' 3109 2955 17.12      
2 A' 2952 2806 114.13      
3 A' 1811 1721 96.23      
4 A' 1440 1369 21.87      
5 A' 1410 1340 11.89      
6 A' 1316 1251 18.64      
7 A' 974 926 5.03      
8 A' 792 753 8.76      
9 A' 650 618 37.69      
10 A' 215 205 2.54      
11 A" 3174 3016 1.30      
12 A" 1211 1151 2.25      
13 A" 1042 991 0.83      
14 A" 698 664 1.28      
15 A" 176 167 0.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10485.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9965.5 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.49998 0.12760 0.10365

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.927 0.000
C2 1.366 0.262 0.000
Cl3 -1.344 -0.226 0.000
O4 1.577 -0.931 0.000
H5 -0.075 1.574 0.889
H6 -0.075 1.574 -0.889
H7 2.197 1.014 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51881.77122.43671.10271.10272.1984
C21.51882.75361.21182.14212.14211.1206
Cl31.77122.75363.00472.37582.37583.7520
O42.43671.21183.00473.12993.12992.0416
H51.10272.14212.37583.12991.77892.5032
H61.10272.14212.37583.12991.77892.5032
H72.19841.12063.75202.04162.50322.5032

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.976 C1 C2 H7 111.915
C2 C1 Cl3 113.423 C2 C1 H5 108.556
C2 C1 H6 108.556 Cl3 C1 H5 109.303
Cl3 C1 H6 109.303 O4 C2 H7 122.109
H5 C1 H6 107.532
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability