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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=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 CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.494845
Energy at 298.15K-612.498135
HF Energy-611.843281
Nuclear repulsion energy142.052920
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 CCSD(T)=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 3178 3061        
2 A 3093 2979        
3 A 2965 2856        
4 A 1801 1734        
5 A 1448 1394        
6 A 1404 1352        
7 A 1263 1216        
8 A 1179 1136        
9 A 1062 1023        
10 A 1020 983        
11 A 826 795        
12 A 710 684        
13 A 458 442        
14 A 287 277        
15 A 68 66        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10380.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9998.5 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.95909 0.09038 0.08634

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.014 0.691 0.142
C2 1.168 -0.305 0.237
Cl3 -1.543 -0.177 -0.086
O4 2.259 -0.088 -0.249
H5 -0.055 1.265 1.083
H6 0.182 1.378 -0.701
H7 0.934 -1.243 0.801

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52651.79752.40811.10441.10082.2406
C21.52652.73261.21442.16302.16421.1196
Cl31.79752.73263.80672.37922.40202.8389
O42.40811.21443.80672.99382.58262.0478
H51.10442.16302.37922.99381.80352.7114
H61.10082.16422.40202.58261.80353.1134
H72.24061.11962.83892.04782.71143.1134

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.533 C1 C2 H7 114.852
C2 C1 Cl3 110.323 C2 C1 H5 109.553
C2 C1 H6 109.862 Cl3 C1 H5 107.741
Cl3 C1 H6 109.594 O4 C2 H7 122.608
H5 C1 H6 109.737
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.493499
Energy at 298.15K-612.496943
HF Energy-611.841070
Nuclear repulsion energy145.914075
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 CCSD(T)=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' 3076 2963        
2 A' 2918 2811        
3 A' 1822 1755        
4 A' 1437 1384        
5 A' 1402 1351        
6 A' 1309 1260        
7 A' 959 924        
8 A' 778 750        
9 A' 636 612        
10 A' 214 206        
11 A" 3135 3020        
12 A" 1199 1154        
13 A" 1030 992        
14 A" 696 670        
15 A" 164 158        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10386.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10004.3 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.49741 0.12650 0.10283

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.931 0.000
C2 1.372 0.265 0.000
Cl3 -1.350 -0.232 0.000
O4 1.584 -0.927 0.000
H5 -0.079 1.578 0.893
H6 -0.079 1.578 -0.893
H7 2.205 1.019 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52491.78212.44181.10521.10522.2066
C21.52492.76711.21092.15032.15031.1233
Cl31.78212.76713.01572.38532.38533.7687
O42.44181.21093.01573.13623.13622.0423
H51.10522.15032.38533.13621.78562.5146
H61.10522.15032.38533.13621.78562.5146
H72.20661.12333.76872.04232.51462.5146

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.998 C1 C2 H7 111.970
C2 C1 Cl3 113.366 C2 C1 H5 108.631
C2 C1 H6 108.631 Cl3 C1 H5 109.150
Cl3 C1 H6 109.150 O4 C2 H7 122.032
H5 C1 H6 107.762
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability