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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CID/6-311G*

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 CID/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.408828
Energy at 298.15K-612.412211
HF Energy-611.871974
Nuclear repulsion energy143.715645
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 CID/6-311G*
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 3272 3040 1.45      
2 A 3190 2964 11.28      
3 A 3089 2870 59.65      
4 A 1936 1799 166.88      
5 A 1530 1422 10.53      
6 A 1488 1383 11.83      
7 A 1366 1270 24.26      
8 A 1267 1177 5.94      
9 A 1110 1031 28.04      
10 A 1096 1018 5.11      
11 A 875 813 26.59      
12 A 752 699 14.74      
13 A 486 452 12.75      
14 A 303 282 10.79      
15 A 62 58 17.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10911.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9291) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10137.9 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 CID/6-311G*
ABC
1.01669 0.09176 0.08759

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.671 0.139
C2 1.162 -0.317 0.210
Cl3 -1.535 -0.169 -0.080
O4 2.242 -0.070 -0.228
H5 -0.037 1.229 1.070
H6 0.175 1.354 -0.686
H7 0.942 -1.270 0.713

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51401.77752.37411.08671.08282.2259
C21.51402.71611.19122.13642.13691.1002
Cl31.77752.71613.78072.34972.36842.8246
O42.37411.19123.78072.92652.55112.0035
H51.08672.13642.34972.92651.77352.7076
H61.08282.13692.36842.55111.77353.0710
H72.22591.10022.82462.00352.70763.0710

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.263 C1 C2 H7 115.842
C2 C1 Cl3 110.965 C2 C1 H5 109.370
C2 C1 H6 109.636 Cl3 C1 H5 107.800
Cl3 C1 H6 109.379 O4 C2 H7 121.880
H5 C1 H6 109.662
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.406968
Energy at 298.15K-612.410506
HF Energy-611.869552
Nuclear repulsion energy147.535576
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 CID/6-311G*
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' 3174 2949 20.73      
2 A' 3040 2824 93.12      
3 A' 1955 1816 149.83      
4 A' 1525 1417 20.63      
5 A' 1478 1373 21.15      
6 A' 1409 1309 22.15      
7 A' 1005 934 4.08      
8 A' 819 761 7.65      
9 A' 670 622 49.83      
10 A' 227 211 3.06      
11 A" 3227 2998 2.71      
12 A" 1286 1195 3.71      
13 A" 1103 1025 1.64      
14 A" 737 685 1.82      
15 A" 162 151 1.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10907.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9291) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10133.8 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 CID/6-311G*
ABC
0.51591 0.12792 0.10448

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.916 0.000
C2 1.362 0.260 0.000
Cl3 -1.343 -0.229 0.000
O4 1.578 -0.908 0.000
H5 -0.080 1.551 0.879
H6 -0.080 1.551 -0.879
H7 2.186 0.995 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51211.76422.41191.08751.08752.1879
C21.51212.74881.18772.12612.12611.1043
Cl31.76422.74882.99892.35272.35273.7352
O42.41191.18772.99893.09353.09351.9979
H51.08752.12612.35273.09351.75782.4936
H61.08752.12612.35273.09351.75782.4936
H72.18791.10433.73521.99792.49362.4936

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.180 C1 C2 H7 112.552
C2 C1 Cl3 113.846 C2 C1 H5 108.641
C2 C1 H6 108.641 Cl3 C1 H5 108.856
Cl3 C1 H6 108.856 O4 C2 H7 121.268
H5 C1 H6 107.838
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability