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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.515100
Energy at 298.15K-1071.517637
HF Energy-1070.755634
Nuclear repulsion energy261.841400
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3187 3058 1.31      
2 A' 3009 2886 49.41      
3 A' 1834 1760 132.19      
4 A' 1406 1349 4.19      
5 A' 1226 1176 11.41      
6 A' 1093 1048 21.22      
7 A' 800 767 23.62      
8 A' 441 423 4.32      
9 A' 327 313 22.92      
10 A' 259 248 1.77      
11 A" 1252 1202 26.57      
12 A" 1020 978 17.86      
13 A" 765 734 102.05      
14 A" 288 277 2.26      
15 A" 82 78 7.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8493.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8148.9 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
0.10400 0.09381 0.05194

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 0.391 -0.018 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.407 0.000
H3 1.489 0.001 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.848 1.481
Cl5 -0.172 -0.848 -1.481
O6 0.542 2.382 0.000
H7 -1.288 1.453 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53251.09821.78881.78882.40482.2327
C21.53252.17612.69822.69821.20831.1170
H31.09822.17612.38202.38202.56193.1338
Cl41.78882.69822.38202.96293.62442.9560
Cl51.78882.69822.38202.96293.62442.9560
O62.40481.20832.56193.62443.62442.0521
H72.23271.11703.13382.95602.95602.0521

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.220 C1 C2 H7 113.933
C2 C1 H3 110.535 C2 C1 Cl4 108.416
C2 C1 Cl5 108.416 H3 C1 Cl4 108.828
H3 C1 Cl5 108.828 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.822
O6 C2 H7 123.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.512733
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.752705
Nuclear repulsion energy264.566461
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3140 3012 5.23      
2 A 2994 2873 62.38      
3 A 1844 1769 117.11      
4 A 1405 1348 14.53      
5 A 1281 1229 11.25      
6 A 1236 1186 14.45      
7 A 1047 1004 10.92      
8 A 951 912 5.90      
9 A 842 808 72.92      
10 A 656 629 32.64      
11 A 622 597 29.14      
12 A 350 336 1.01      
13 A 279 267 3.00      
14 A 224 214 2.66      
15 A 90 86 9.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8479.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8135.0 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
0.12356 0.08831 0.05456

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 0.102 -0.029 0.522
C2 -0.726 -1.285 0.189
H3 0.228 0.050 1.613
Cl4 1.744 -0.268 -0.169
Cl5 -0.669 1.458 -0.057
O6 -1.821 -1.269 -0.314
H7 -0.199 -2.227 0.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54071.10181.79741.77212.43642.2185
C21.54072.17302.69562.75431.20541.1178
H31.10182.17302.36132.36153.10762.5796
Cl41.79742.69562.36132.96893.70632.8337
Cl51.77212.75432.36152.96892.97153.7528
O62.43641.20543.10763.70632.97152.0444
H72.21851.11782.57962.83373.75282.0444

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.603 C1 C2 H7 112.147
C2 C1 H3 109.516 C2 C1 Cl4 107.457
C2 C1 Cl5 112.299 H3 C1 Cl4 106.597
H3 C1 Cl5 108.243 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.553
O6 C2 H7 123.248
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability