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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.465707
Energy at 298.15K-612.469011
HF Energy-611.843694
Nuclear repulsion energy142.147513
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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3189 3059 1.57      
2 A 3105 2979 9.25      
3 A 2983 2862 71.91      
4 A 1827 1753 128.47      
5 A 1457 1398 8.06      
6 A 1414 1356 6.63      
7 A 1276 1224 20.60      
8 A 1191 1142 6.33      
9 A 1069 1026 26.20      
10 A 1033 991 1.63      
11 A 835 801 20.17      
12 A 717 688 12.84      
13 A 462 443 10.01      
14 A 289 278 9.68      
15 A 66 64 12.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10456.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10031.9 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.97489 0.09024 0.08617

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 0.685 0.142
C2 1.168 -0.312 0.225
Cl3 -1.545 -0.174 -0.084
O4 2.263 -0.081 -0.240
H5 -0.048 1.254 1.085
H6 0.179 1.377 -0.698
H7 0.931 -1.263 0.765

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52641.79522.40481.10391.10032.2406
C21.52642.73441.21142.16102.16391.1187
Cl31.79522.73443.81192.37692.39912.8353
O42.40481.21143.81192.97932.58362.0442
H51.10392.16102.37692.97931.80152.7193
H61.10032.16392.39912.58361.80153.1101
H72.24061.11872.83532.04422.71933.1101

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.476 C1 C2 H7 114.922
C2 C1 Cl3 110.556 C2 C1 H5 109.436
C2 C1 H6 109.874 Cl3 C1 H5 107.752
Cl3 C1 H6 109.553 O4 C2 H7 122.593
H5 C1 H6 109.636
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.464355
Energy at 298.15K-612.467821
HF Energy-611.841468
Nuclear repulsion energy146.007034
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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3090 2964 18.40      
2 A' 2937 2818 110.39      
3 A' 1847 1772 121.24      
4 A' 1448 1389 18.12      
5 A' 1413 1356 14.67      
6 A' 1322 1269 17.06      
7 A' 967 928 5.10      
8 A' 784 753 7.22      
9 A' 641 615 41.09      
10 A' 216 207 2.64      
11 A" 3147 3020 2.99      
12 A" 1210 1161 1.92      
13 A" 1042 1000 0.89      
14 A" 704 675 0.78      
15 A" 166 160 0.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10466.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10041.8 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.49925 0.12643 0.10286

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.930 0.000
C2 1.372 0.264 0.000
Cl3 -1.350 -0.232 0.000
O4 1.585 -0.925 0.000
H5 -0.080 1.576 0.892
H6 -0.080 1.576 -0.892
H7 2.204 1.018 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52491.78102.43941.10461.10462.2060
C21.52492.76741.20802.15022.15021.1224
Cl31.78102.76743.01632.38292.38293.7679
O42.43941.20803.01633.13373.13372.0387
H51.10462.15022.38293.13371.78442.5146
H61.10462.15022.38293.13371.78442.5146
H72.20601.12243.76792.03872.51462.5146

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.017 C1 C2 H7 111.983
C2 C1 Cl3 113.448 C2 C1 H5 108.665
C2 C1 H6 108.665 Cl3 C1 H5 109.079
Cl3 C1 H6 109.079 O4 C2 H7 122.001
H5 C1 H6 107.753
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability