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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.573814
Energy at 298.15K-612.577146
HF Energy-611.870165
Nuclear repulsion energy143.144015
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/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 3211 3041 0.81      
2 A 3124 2958 9.71      
3 A 3005 2846 68.65      
4 A 1787 1693 102.41      
5 A 1490 1411 10.37      
6 A 1442 1366 7.14      
7 A 1327 1257 20.69      
8 A 1229 1164 6.35      
9 A 1083 1026 31.68      
10 A 1058 1002 1.99      
11 A 855 809 20.73      
12 A 733 694 11.70      
13 A 472 447 10.04      
14 A 297 282 9.12      
15 A 61 58 13.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10586.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10026.4 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.98732 0.09151 0.08745

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.679 0.143
C2 1.158 -0.308 0.229
Cl3 -1.533 -0.173 -0.085
O4 2.248 -0.080 -0.243
H5 -0.052 1.245 1.075
H6 0.179 1.359 -0.690
H7 0.939 -1.246 0.773

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51541.77842.39381.09231.08842.2289
C21.51542.71221.20982.14192.14031.1068
Cl31.77842.71223.78562.35602.37672.8287
O42.39381.20983.78562.96332.55962.0262
H51.09232.14192.35602.96331.78412.6978
H61.08842.14032.37672.55961.78413.0837
H72.22891.10682.82872.02622.69783.0837

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.500 C1 C2 H7 115.548
C2 C1 Cl3 110.610 C2 C1 H5 109.375
C2 C1 H6 109.479 Cl3 C1 H5 107.912
Cl3 C1 H6 109.647 O4 C2 H7 121.940
H5 C1 H6 109.796
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.572365
Energy at 298.15K-612.575852
HF Energy-611.867748
Nuclear repulsion energy146.972364
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/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' 3106 2942 18.66      
2 A' 2957 2801 107.50      
3 A' 1807 1712 94.94      
4 A' 1482 1404 20.99      
5 A' 1429 1354 14.24      
6 A' 1359 1287 26.77      
7 A' 979 927 4.31      
8 A' 798 756 8.97      
9 A' 656 622 38.96      
10 A' 220 209 2.57      
11 A" 3166 2998 1.37      
12 A" 1244 1179 4.95      
13 A" 1064 1008 1.11      
14 A" 710 673 2.69      
15 A" 164 155 0.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10571.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10012.0 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.50684 0.12792 0.10413

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.922 0.000
C2 1.362 0.259 0.000
Cl3 -1.343 -0.222 0.000
O4 1.576 -0.928 0.000
H5 -0.074 1.561 0.883
H6 -0.074 1.561 -0.883
H7 2.193 0.996 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51461.76382.42991.09321.09322.1941
C21.51462.74701.20622.13052.13051.1107
Cl31.76382.74703.00252.36022.36023.7394
O42.42991.20623.00253.11453.11452.0206
H51.09322.13052.36023.11451.76672.4978
H61.09322.13052.36023.11451.76672.4978
H72.19411.11073.73942.02062.49782.4978

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.159 C1 C2 H7 112.478
C2 C1 Cl3 113.623 C2 C1 H5 108.487
C2 C1 H6 108.487 Cl3 C1 H5 109.139
Cl3 C1 H6 109.139 O4 C2 H7 121.363
H5 C1 H6 107.809
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability