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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

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

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)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.714625
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-611.906131
Nuclear repulsion energy142.919527
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-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.687 0.138
C2 1.158 -0.310 0.225
Cl3 -1.536 -0.174 -0.083
O4 2.252 -0.083 -0.237
H5 -0.047 1.250 1.070
H6 0.176 1.365 -0.696
H7 0.924 -1.251 0.752

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51691.78992.39271.09041.08642.2261
C21.51692.71471.20862.14402.14851.1042
Cl31.78992.71473.79192.36092.38222.8127
O42.39271.20863.79192.96082.57242.0258
H51.09042.14402.36092.96081.78342.7015
H61.08642.14852.38222.57241.78343.0825
H72.22611.10422.81272.02582.70153.0825

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.374 C1 C2 H7 115.376
C2 C1 Cl3 110.089 C2 C1 H5 109.551
C2 C1 H6 110.142 Cl3 C1 H5 107.613
Cl3 C1 H6 109.381 O4 C2 H7 122.244
H5 C1 H6 110.025
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.712790
Energy at 298.15K-612.716226
HF Energy-611.903475
Nuclear repulsion energy146.781203
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-pVTZ
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' 3068 2991        
2 A' 2918 2845        
3 A' 1809 1764        
4 A' 1448 1411        
5 A' 1410 1374        
6 A' 1310 1277        
7 A' 957 933        
8 A' 777 758        
9 A' 637 621        
10 A' 211 205        
11 A" 3119 3041        
12 A" 1209 1179        
13 A" 1033 1007        
14 A" 696 678        
15 A" 157 153        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10379.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10118.3 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)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.50474 0.12769 0.10388

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.925 0.000
C2 1.365 0.268 0.000
Cl3 -1.344 -0.232 0.000
O4 1.579 -0.918 0.000
H5 -0.080 1.562 0.883
H6 -0.080 1.562 -0.883
H7 2.190 1.007 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51501.77352.42721.09141.09142.1918
C21.51502.75431.20512.13142.13141.1082
Cl31.77352.75433.00202.36552.36553.7450
O42.42721.20513.00203.11203.11202.0201
H51.09142.13142.36553.11201.76522.4985
H61.09142.13142.36553.11201.76522.4985
H72.19181.10823.74502.02012.49852.4985

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.956 C1 C2 H7 112.423
C2 C1 Cl3 113.532 C2 C1 H5 108.634
C2 C1 H6 108.634 Cl3 C1 H5 108.981
Cl3 C1 H6 108.981 O4 C2 H7 121.620
H5 C1 H6 107.936
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability