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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.729129
Energy at 298.15K-612.732443
HF Energy-611.906543
Nuclear repulsion energy143.859434
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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 3202 3040 0.40      
2 A 3131 2972 7.31      
3 A 3013 2861 54.88      
4 A 1787 1696 108.79      
5 A 1477 1402 10.21      
6 A 1431 1359 3.29      
7 A 1282 1217 15.77      
8 A 1210 1149 5.13      
9 A 1083 1028 30.45      
10 A 1045 992 1.57      
11 A 848 805 19.90      
12 A 727 690 10.02      
13 A 470 446 9.52      
14 A 289 274 9.89      
15 A 58 55 13.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10526.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9993.5 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.01062 0.09236 0.08809

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 0.677 0.135
C2 1.146 -0.311 0.215
Cl3 -1.527 -0.171 -0.081
O4 2.244 -0.078 -0.227
H5 -0.040 1.234 1.065
H6 0.174 1.357 -0.689
H7 0.907 -1.256 0.720

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50431.77252.38161.08471.08062.2074
C21.50432.69261.20672.12482.13171.0973
Cl31.77252.69263.77482.34462.36592.7821
O42.38161.20673.77482.93352.56042.0182
H51.08472.12482.34462.93351.77162.6852
H61.08062.13172.36592.56041.77163.0573
H72.20741.09732.78212.01822.68523.0573

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.542 C1 C2 H7 115.206
C2 C1 Cl3 110.244 C2 C1 H5 109.238
C2 C1 H6 110.029 Cl3 C1 H5 107.849
Cl3 C1 H6 109.648 O4 C2 H7 122.244
H5 C1 H6 109.799
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.727732
Energy at 298.15K-612.731240
HF Energy-611.903887
Nuclear repulsion energy147.806711
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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' 3116 2958 17.40      
2 A' 2967 2817 93.43      
3 A' 1807 1715 96.65      
4 A' 1463 1389 24.29      
5 A' 1432 1360 11.37      
6 A' 1324 1257 16.84      
7 A' 981 932 5.75      
8 A' 796 756 8.71      
9 A' 654 621 38.33      
10 A' 214 203 2.91      
11 A" 3157 2997 0.21      
12 A" 1229 1167 2.11      
13 A" 1058 1005 0.25      
14 A" 704 669 1.55      
15 A" 180 171 1.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10540.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10007.4 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.51022 0.12983 0.10550

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.918 0.000
C2 1.353 0.265 0.000
Cl3 -1.333 -0.227 0.000
O4 1.565 -0.919 0.000
H5 -0.075 1.554 0.877
H6 -0.075 1.554 -0.877
H7 2.174 0.999 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50201.75702.41341.08561.08562.1754
C21.50202.73031.20342.11352.11351.1009
Cl31.75702.73032.97922.34982.34983.7147
O42.41341.20342.97923.09413.09412.0123
H51.08562.11352.34983.09411.75362.4767
H61.08562.11352.34983.09411.75362.4767
H72.17541.10093.71472.01232.47672.4767

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.908 C1 C2 H7 112.476
C2 C1 Cl3 113.576 C2 C1 H5 108.457
C2 C1 H6 108.457 Cl3 C1 H5 109.224
Cl3 C1 H6 109.224 O4 C2 H7 121.616
H5 C1 H6 107.742
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability