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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.536646
Energy at 298.15K-1071.539150
HF Energy-1070.754972
Nuclear repulsion energy261.360025
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)/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' 3169 3102        
2 A' 2986 2922        
3 A' 1801 1763        
4 A' 1393 1364        
5 A' 1211 1185        
6 A' 1082 1059        
7 A' 788 771        
8 A' 436 427        
9 A' 323 316        
10 A' 256 250        
11 A" 1238 1212        
12 A" 1003 981        
13 A" 748 732        
14 A" 285 279        
15 A" 83 81        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8400.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9788) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8222.5 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)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.10350 0.09360 0.05176

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.393 -0.018 0.000
C2 -0.173 1.407 0.000
H3 1.492 0.000 0.000
Cl4 -0.173 -0.849 1.485
Cl5 -0.173 -0.849 -1.485
O6 0.544 2.385 0.000
H7 -1.291 1.453 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53311.09981.79291.79292.40772.2352
C21.53312.17952.70062.70061.21231.1188
H31.09982.17952.38712.38712.56593.1389
Cl41.79292.70062.38712.97003.62972.9582
Cl51.79292.70062.38712.97003.62972.9582
O62.40771.21232.56593.62973.62972.0577
H72.23521.11883.13892.95822.95822.0577

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.128 C1 C2 H7 113.976
C2 C1 H3 110.664 C2 C1 Cl4 108.323
C2 C1 Cl5 108.323 H3 C1 Cl4 108.851
H3 C1 Cl5 108.851 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.836
O6 C2 H7 123.896
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.534183
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.752034
Nuclear repulsion energy264.093056
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)/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 3119 3053        
2 A 2971 2908        
3 A 1813 1774        
4 A 1392 1363        
5 A 1266 1239        
6 A 1222 1196        
7 A 1032 1011        
8 A 938 918        
9 A 826 809        
10 A 647 634        
11 A 616 603        
12 A 345 338        
13 A 275 269        
14 A 221 216        
15 A 87 85        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8384.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9788) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8206.4 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)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.12309 0.08803 0.05441

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.102 -0.026 0.525
C2 -0.716 -1.291 0.194
H3 0.233 0.058 1.617
Cl4 1.749 -0.258 -0.170
Cl5 -0.683 1.455 -0.058
O6 -1.811 -1.285 -0.318
H7 -0.182 -2.229 0.490

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54241.10361.80211.77462.44102.2218
C21.54242.17802.69722.75731.20901.1196
H31.10362.17802.36502.36613.11892.5832
Cl41.80212.69722.36502.97693.70832.8367
Cl51.77462.75732.36612.97692.97473.7580
O62.44101.20903.11893.70832.97472.0489
H72.22181.11962.58322.83673.75802.0489

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.602 C1 C2 H7 112.183
C2 C1 H3 109.688 C2 C1 Cl4 107.245
C2 C1 Cl5 112.267 H3 C1 Cl4 106.472
H3 C1 Cl5 108.323 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.669
O6 C2 H7 123.215
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability