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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.506671
Energy at 298.15K-1071.509239
HF Energy-1070.756261
Nuclear repulsion energy262.286902
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' 3194 3056 1.28      
2 A' 3026 2895 43.71      
3 A' 1875 1794 120.45      
4 A' 1417 1355 4.93      
5 A' 1234 1181 10.33      
6 A' 1101 1053 20.20      
7 A' 810 775 23.45      
8 A' 446 427 4.51      
9 A' 330 315 22.69      
10 A' 261 250 1.81      
11 A" 1261 1206 26.02      
12 A" 1029 985 19.30      
13 A" 780 746 92.75      
14 A" 290 278 2.32      
15 A" 84 80 7.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8568.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8197.3 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.10438 0.09409 0.05211

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 0.388 -0.017 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.407 0.000
H3 1.486 0.004 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.847 1.479
Cl5 -0.172 -0.847 -1.479
O6 0.542 2.376 0.000
H7 -1.286 1.459 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53071.09791.78591.78592.39842.2328
C21.53072.17212.69622.69621.20361.1159
H31.09792.17212.37912.37912.55313.1314
Cl41.78592.69622.37912.95753.61762.9580
Cl51.78592.69622.37912.95753.61762.9580
O62.39841.20362.55313.61763.61762.0456
H72.23281.11593.13142.95802.95802.0456

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.147 C1 C2 H7 114.142
C2 C1 H3 110.361 C2 C1 Cl4 108.525
C2 C1 Cl5 108.525 H3 C1 Cl4 108.820
H3 C1 Cl5 108.820 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.791
O6 C2 H7 123.711
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.504360
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.753341
Nuclear repulsion energy265.018646
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 3147 3011 5.18      
2 A 3011 2881 55.76      
3 A 1885 1803 106.59      
4 A 1416 1354 15.91      
5 A 1290 1234 10.74      
6 A 1245 1191 14.15      
7 A 1057 1011 11.10      
8 A 958 917 5.19      
9 A 857 820 67.82      
10 A 662 633 30.57      
11 A 630 603 29.20      
12 A 353 337 0.91      
13 A 280 268 3.05      
14 A 226 216 2.69      
15 A 92 88 9.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8553.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8183.4 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.12389 0.08865 0.05475

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 0.102 -0.030 0.520
C2 -0.727 -1.284 0.189
H3 0.227 0.048 1.611
Cl4 1.741 -0.268 -0.168
Cl5 -0.667 1.456 -0.057
O6 -1.816 -1.266 -0.315
H7 -0.204 -2.227 0.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53861.10151.79411.77002.42982.2179
C21.53862.16962.69312.75141.20061.1168
H31.10152.16962.35822.35893.10072.5770
Cl41.79412.69312.35822.96413.69822.8358
Cl51.77002.75142.35892.96412.96603.7503
O62.42981.20063.10073.69822.96602.0383
H72.21791.11682.57702.83583.75032.0383

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.547 C1 C2 H7 112.311
C2 C1 H3 109.412 C2 C1 Cl4 107.570
C2 C1 Cl5 112.334 H3 C1 Cl4 106.601
H3 C1 Cl5 108.207 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.536
O6 C2 H7 123.140
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability