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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.680260
Energy at 298.15K-1071.682856
HF Energy-1070.785184
Nuclear repulsion energy264.069485
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' 3202 3033 1.39      
2 A' 3024 2864 45.61      
3 A' 1792 1697 104.34      
4 A' 1435 1359 3.13      
5 A' 1262 1195 10.01      
6 A' 1099 1041 27.53      
7 A' 822 779 20.03      
8 A' 451 427 4.96      
9 A' 335 317 21.35      
10 A' 270 256 1.98      
11 A" 1318 1248 23.41      
12 A" 1035 980 26.88      
13 A" 789 747 106.82      
14 A" 296 280 2.94      
15 A" 83 78 7.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8605.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8150.3 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
0.10567 0.09552 0.05283

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 0.385 -0.026 0.000
C2 -0.171 1.390 0.000
H3 1.472 0.002 0.000
Cl4 -0.171 -0.839 1.470
Cl5 -0.171 -0.839 -1.470
O6 0.541 2.363 0.000
H7 -1.275 1.445 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52111.08751.76941.76942.39462.2182
C21.52112.15072.66982.66981.20651.1056
H31.08752.15072.35992.35992.53803.1032
Cl41.76942.66982.35992.93963.59502.9318
Cl51.76942.66982.35992.93963.59502.9318
O62.39461.20652.53803.59503.59502.0357
H72.21821.10563.10322.93182.93182.0357

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.359 C1 C2 H7 114.307
C2 C1 H3 109.954 C2 C1 Cl4 108.222
C2 C1 Cl5 108.222 H3 C1 Cl4 109.043
H3 C1 Cl5 109.043 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.337
O6 C2 H7 123.334
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.677300
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.781961
Nuclear repulsion energy266.777695
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 3153 2986 5.57 76.92 0.23 0.37
2 A 3011 2852 58.85 139.45 0.31 0.47
3 A 1800 1705 92.12 8.94 0.62 0.77
4 A 1428 1352 13.58 4.56 0.48 0.65
5 A 1314 1245 18.94 5.95 0.64 0.78
6 A 1281 1213 10.40 7.03 0.74 0.85
7 A 1055 999 18.45 1.87 0.39 0.56
8 A 961 911 6.87 6.23 0.65 0.79
9 A 856 811 75.84 6.94 0.73 0.85
10 A 670 635 28.69 7.97 0.07 0.14
11 A 642 608 31.14 6.21 0.50 0.67
12 A 356 337 1.38 2.45 0.28 0.43
13 A 291 276 2.69 5.75 0.66 0.80
14 A 230 218 2.53 1.55 0.70 0.82
15 A 88 83 9.55 2.24 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8567.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8114.3 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
0.12474 0.09027 0.05566

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 0.105 -0.015 0.522
C2 -0.707 -1.275 0.210
H3 0.236 0.068 1.603
Cl4 1.725 -0.258 -0.172
Cl5 -0.676 1.442 -0.057
O6 -1.783 -1.283 -0.329
H7 -0.198 -2.201 0.537

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53061.09121.77991.75242.42802.2063
C21.53062.15212.66402.73051.20361.1062
H31.09122.15212.34022.33973.10342.5440
Cl41.77992.66402.34022.94493.65872.8243
Cl51.75242.73052.33972.94492.95403.7223
O62.42801.20363.10343.65872.95402.0264
H72.20631.10622.54402.82433.72232.0264

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.822 C1 C2 H7 112.601
C2 C1 H3 109.191 C2 C1 Cl4 106.922
C2 C1 Cl5 112.374 H3 C1 Cl4 106.722
H3 C1 Cl5 108.480 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.956
O6 C2 H7 122.577
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability