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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.458432
Energy at 298.15K-612.461769
HF Energy-611.844278
Nuclear repulsion energy142.503461
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 CCD/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 3196 3058 1.55      
2 A 3113 2978 9.17      
3 A 3000 2870 65.66      
4 A 1872 1791 119.68      
5 A 1462 1399 8.30      
6 A 1426 1364 7.25      
7 A 1286 1230 18.93      
8 A 1197 1145 6.38      
9 A 1078 1031 24.93      
10 A 1038 993 1.87      
11 A 850 813 17.95      
12 A 727 696 12.06      
13 A 468 448 10.60      
14 A 294 281 9.26      
15 A 72 69 11.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10539.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10082.7 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.95385 0.09105 0.08706

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.691 0.143
C2 1.169 -0.299 0.244
Cl3 -1.537 -0.179 -0.088
O4 2.246 -0.091 -0.256
H5 -0.062 1.268 1.081
H6 0.181 1.376 -0.701
H7 0.948 -1.224 0.831

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52491.79172.40031.10351.09992.2391
C21.52492.72831.20622.16062.16171.1177
Cl31.79172.72833.78792.37362.39632.8475
O42.40031.20623.78792.99412.57272.0373
H51.10352.16062.37362.99411.80122.7004
H61.09992.16172.39632.57271.80123.1134
H72.23911.11772.84752.03732.70043.1134

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.583 C1 C2 H7 114.968
C2 C1 Cl3 110.435 C2 C1 H5 109.533
C2 C1 H6 109.827 Cl3 C1 H5 107.758
Cl3 C1 H6 109.602 O4 C2 H7 122.442
H5 C1 H6 109.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.457154
Energy at 298.15K-612.460638
HF Energy-611.842064
Nuclear repulsion energy146.280627
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 CCD/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' 3098 2964 17.76      
2 A' 2957 2829 99.19      
3 A' 1889 1807 112.03      
4 A' 1453 1390 18.93      
5 A' 1424 1362 15.52      
6 A' 1332 1274 15.92      
7 A' 976 934 5.09      
8 A' 794 760 6.36      
9 A' 648 620 40.56      
10 A' 218 209 2.65      
11 A" 3156 3019 2.86      
12 A" 1217 1164 2.12      
13 A" 1048 1002 0.66      
14 A" 708 678 0.94      
15 A" 167 160 1.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10542.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10085.7 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.50182 0.12681 0.10321

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.927 0.000
C2 1.371 0.263 0.000
Cl3 -1.349 -0.231 0.000
O4 1.582 -0.921 0.000
H5 -0.079 1.574 0.891
H6 -0.079 1.574 -0.891
H7 2.205 1.013 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52351.77802.43291.10421.10422.2064
C21.52352.76441.20312.14882.14881.1212
Cl31.77802.76443.01042.38032.38033.7649
O42.43291.20313.01043.12743.12742.0322
H51.10422.14882.38033.12741.78282.5152
H61.10422.14882.38033.12741.78282.5152
H72.20641.12123.76492.03222.51522.5152

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.919 C1 C2 H7 112.184
C2 C1 Cl3 113.487 C2 C1 H5 108.664
C2 C1 H6 108.664 Cl3 C1 H5 109.101
Cl3 C1 H6 109.101 O4 C2 H7 121.897
H5 C1 H6 107.663
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability