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All results from a given calculation for CCl3CHO (trichloroacetaldehyde)

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 CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1530.781451
Energy at 298.15K-1530.783078
HF Energy-1529.690009
Nuclear repulsion energy433.361948
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' 3037 2876 34.35      
2 A' 1806 1710 103.05      
3 A' 1423 1348 9.27      
4 A' 1069 1012 38.19      
5 A' 896 848 90.22      
6 A' 652 617 60.25      
7 A' 459 435 3.07      
8 A' 332 314 3.17      
9 A' 287 272 0.79      
10 A' 212 201 2.98      
11 A" 1034 980 33.90      
12 A" 787 745 122.06      
13 A" 343 325 3.31      
14 A" 265 251 1.05      
15 A" 83 79 5.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6342.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6006.5 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
0.06191 0.05501 0.05100

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 0.037 0.051 0.000
C2 0.918 -1.218 0.000
O3 0.490 -2.339 0.000
Cl4 -1.665 -0.349 0.000
Cl5 0.490 0.959 1.456
Cl6 0.490 0.959 -1.456
H7 1.995 -0.972 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 Cl4 Cl5 Cl6 H7
C11.54462.43211.74811.77451.77452.2083
C21.54461.19992.72522.65392.65391.1044
O32.43211.19992.93293.60513.60512.0334
Cl41.74812.72522.93292.91042.91043.7119
Cl51.77452.65393.60512.91042.91142.8483
Cl61.77452.65393.60512.91042.91142.8483
H72.20831.10442.03343.71192.84832.8483

picture of trichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 124.309 C1 C2 H7 111.876
C2 C1 Cl4 111.561 C2 C1 Cl5 105.973
C2 C1 Cl6 105.973 O3 C2 H7 123.815
Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.415 Cl4 C1 Cl6 111.415
Cl5 C1 Cl6 110.236
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability