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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.874152
Energy at 298.15K-1071.876718
HF Energy-1070.833968
Nuclear repulsion energy265.334147
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3210 3048 1.35      
2 A' 3025 2872 35.69      
3 A' 1789 1698 112.26      
4 A' 1420 1348 1.28      
5 A' 1236 1174 6.28      
6 A' 1102 1046 25.06      
7 A' 813 772 18.84      
8 A' 450 427 4.06      
9 A' 324 308 21.30      
10 A' 259 246 1.92      
11 A" 1259 1196 20.57      
12 A" 1034 982 20.16      
13 A" 781 741 96.12      
14 A" 291 276 3.31      
15 A" 81 77 7.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8537.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8105.8 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.10684 0.09639 0.05338

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 0.338 0.207 0.000
C2 -0.927 1.032 0.000
H3 1.214 0.836 0.000
Cl4 0.338 -0.782 1.461
Cl5 0.338 -0.782 -1.461
O6 -0.916 2.236 0.000
H7 -1.846 0.434 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51021.07811.76491.76492.38502.1958
C21.51022.14982.65112.65111.20381.0966
H31.07812.14982.34972.34972.54883.0862
Cl41.76492.65112.34972.92283.58022.8957
Cl51.76492.65112.34972.92283.58022.8957
O62.38501.20382.54883.58023.58022.0278
H72.19581.09663.08622.89572.89572.0278

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.585 C1 C2 H7 113.830
C2 C1 H3 111.220 C2 C1 Cl4 107.835
C2 C1 Cl5 107.835 H3 C1 Cl4 109.080
H3 C1 Cl5 109.080 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.799
O6 C2 H7 123.586
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.871242
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.830476
Nuclear repulsion energy268.109053
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3160 3000 4.73 75.40 0.17 0.30
2 A 3018 2865 49.15 131.24 0.28 0.43
3 A 1799 1708 93.68 10.44 0.52 0.68
4 A 1420 1348 10.26 4.58 0.32 0.49
5 A 1284 1219 12.03 2.41 0.64 0.78
6 A 1238 1176 10.51 5.48 0.73 0.85
7 A 1058 1004 14.96 1.24 0.40 0.58
8 A 962 913 6.68 4.02 0.66 0.79
9 A 849 806 68.02 5.69 0.73 0.84
10 A 669 636 27.54 8.95 0.07 0.13
11 A 635 603 28.98 5.13 0.49 0.65
12 A 349 332 1.27 2.22 0.19 0.33
13 A 280 266 3.28 4.21 0.63 0.77
14 A 222 211 2.71 1.11 0.68 0.81
15 A 89 85 9.04 1.64 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8515.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8084.9 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
0.12607 0.09124 0.05627

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 0.102 -0.017 0.526
C2 -0.691 -1.273 0.207
H3 0.234 0.071 1.596
Cl4 1.717 -0.247 -0.172
Cl5 -0.682 1.431 -0.058
O6 -1.767 -1.284 -0.325
H7 -0.169 -2.187 0.516

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51921.08201.77491.74652.41312.1871
C21.51922.14312.64452.71711.20081.0969
H31.08202.14312.32932.32893.08772.5355
Cl41.77492.64452.32932.93013.63882.7914
Cl51.74652.71712.32892.93012.93653.6990
O62.41311.20083.08773.63882.93652.0192
H72.18711.09692.53552.79143.69902.0192

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.625 C1 C2 H7 112.439
C2 C1 H3 109.812 C2 C1 Cl4 106.538
C2 C1 Cl5 112.428 H3 C1 Cl4 106.711
H3 C1 Cl5 108.557 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.623
O6 C2 H7 122.936
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability