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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.843263
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.833585
Nuclear repulsion energy263.301699
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 Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.394 -0.020 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.394 0.000
H3 1.478 -0.006 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.842 1.474
Cl5 -0.172 -0.842 -1.474
O6 0.537 2.369 0.000
H7 -1.274 1.442 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52251.08441.78031.78032.39332.2178
C21.52252.16342.67812.67811.20571.1030
H31.08442.16342.36532.36532.55463.1095
Cl41.78032.67812.36532.94873.60392.9338
Cl51.78032.67812.36532.94873.60392.9338
O62.39331.20572.55463.60393.60392.0340
H72.21781.10303.10952.93382.93382.0340

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.198 C1 C2 H7 114.332
C2 C1 H3 111.058 C2 C1 Cl4 108.110
C2 C1 Cl5 108.110 H3 C1 Cl4 108.879
H3 C1 Cl5 108.879 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.818
O6 C2 H7 123.470
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.840269
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.830076
Nuclear repulsion energy266.072569
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 3120 3042        
2 A 2973 2898        
3 A 1806 1760        
4 A 1402 1367        
5 A 1272 1240        
6 A 1223 1192        
7 A 1037 1011        
8 A 943 919        
9 A 828 807        
10 A 652 636        
11 A 620 604        
12 A 343 334        
13 A 273 266        
14 A 218 212        
15 A 82 80        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8395.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8183.6 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
0.12427 0.08970 0.05528

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 0.100 -0.022 0.525
C2 -0.704 -1.283 0.199
H3 0.230 0.065 1.602
Cl4 1.733 -0.254 -0.170
Cl5 -0.681 1.446 -0.058
O6 -1.789 -1.286 -0.320
H7 -0.179 -2.208 0.494

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53111.08811.78991.76152.42462.2045
C21.53112.15792.67082.74141.20241.1038
H31.08812.15792.34532.34363.09672.5612
Cl41.78992.67082.34532.95433.67292.8131
Cl51.76152.74142.34362.95432.95953.7295
O62.42461.20243.09673.67292.95952.0261
H72.20451.10382.56122.81313.72952.0261

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.558 C1 C2 H7 112.566
C2 C1 H3 109.799 C2 C1 Cl4 106.813
C2 C1 Cl5 112.542 H3 C1 Cl4 106.597
H3 C1 Cl5 108.330 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.581
O6 C2 H7 122.876
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability