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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.683097
Energy at 298.15K-612.686408
HF Energy-611.906732
Nuclear repulsion energy143.166508
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-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 3186 3044 0.68      
2 A 3108 2969 8.27      
3 A 2995 2861 53.15      
4 A 1825 1744 136.92      
5 A 1477 1411 8.68      
6 A 1428 1364 5.10      
7 A 1288 1231 18.69      
8 A 1210 1156 5.59      
9 A 1073 1026 28.56      
10 A 1044 998 1.64      
11 A 837 800 20.80      
12 A 723 691 12.60      
13 A 467 446 10.46      
14 A 288 275 10.51      
15 A 62 59 15.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10504.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10037.3 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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.00665 0.09127 0.08704

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.018 0.679 0.136
C2 1.158 -0.317 0.211
Cl3 -1.538 -0.171 -0.080
O4 2.254 -0.075 -0.225
H5 -0.037 1.237 1.069
H6 0.173 1.361 -0.693
H7 0.921 -1.272 0.706

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51501.78542.38671.08851.08472.2237
C21.51502.71491.20392.13922.14451.1020
Cl31.78542.71493.79532.35672.37672.8062
O42.38671.20393.79532.93942.57052.0191
H51.08852.13922.35672.93941.77862.7096
H61.08472.14452.37672.57051.77863.0737
H72.22371.10202.80622.01912.70963.0737

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.352 C1 C2 H7 115.460
C2 C1 Cl3 110.425 C2 C1 H5 109.414
C2 C1 H6 110.061 Cl3 C1 H5 107.693
Cl3 C1 H6 109.364 O4 C2 H7 122.180
H5 C1 H6 109.847
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.681243
Energy at 298.15K-612.684716
HF Energy-611.904080
Nuclear repulsion energy147.040835
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-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' 3090 2953 18.42      
2 A' 2946 2815 90.23      
3 A' 1845 1763 120.90      
4 A' 1466 1401 20.02      
5 A' 1427 1364 14.95      
6 A' 1331 1272 14.44      
7 A' 970 927 5.81      
8 A' 787 752 6.99      
9 A' 645 616 42.79      
10 A' 214 205 2.97      
11 A" 3140 3000 1.38      
12 A" 1228 1173 1.79      
13 A" 1051 1004 0.28      
14 A" 709 678 1.06      
15 A" 163 156 1.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10505.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10037.8 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-pVTZ
ABC
0.50841 0.12780 0.10410

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.922 0.000
C2 1.363 0.266 0.000
Cl3 -1.343 -0.231 0.000
O4 1.579 -0.915 0.000
H5 -0.080 1.558 0.881
H6 -0.080 1.558 -0.881
H7 2.187 1.004 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51311.77002.42211.08961.08962.1889
C21.51312.75191.20042.12822.12821.1061
Cl31.77002.75193.00102.36062.36063.7403
O42.42211.20043.00103.10553.10552.0131
H51.08962.12822.36063.10551.76162.4947
H61.08962.12822.36063.10551.76162.4947
H72.18891.10613.74032.01312.49472.4947

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.020 C1 C2 H7 112.455
C2 C1 Cl3 113.671 C2 C1 H5 108.621
C2 C1 H6 108.621 Cl3 C1 H5 108.948
Cl3 C1 H6 108.948 O4 C2 H7 121.525
H5 C1 H6 107.878
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability