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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.562491
Energy at 298.15K-1071.565071
HF Energy-1070.785556
Nuclear repulsion energy263.235856
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 QCISD/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' 3180 3044 1.92      
2 A' 3004 2876 45.08      
3 A' 1836 1757 135.28      
4 A' 1432 1371 4.99      
5 A' 1261 1208 11.74      
6 A' 1095 1048 25.92      
7 A' 816 781 22.53      
8 A' 448 429 5.28      
9 A' 335 321 22.45      
10 A' 268 256 1.89      
11 A" 1313 1257 25.83      
12 A" 1032 988 24.76      
13 A" 780 747 106.15      
14 A" 292 280 2.83      
15 A" 82 78 8.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8586.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9574) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8221.1 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 QCISD/6-311G*
ABC
0.10496 0.09487 0.05246

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.385 -0.023 0.000
C2 -0.171 1.400 0.000
H3 1.473 0.005 0.000
Cl4 -0.171 -0.843 1.475
Cl5 -0.171 -0.843 -1.475
O6 0.544 2.367 0.000
H7 -1.277 1.463 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52771.08881.77701.77702.39492.2285
C21.52772.15682.68512.68511.20231.1072
H31.08882.15682.36602.36602.53863.1124
Cl41.77702.68512.36602.94973.60452.9521
Cl51.77702.68512.36602.94973.60452.9521
O62.39491.20232.53863.60453.60452.0326
H72.22851.10723.11242.95212.95212.0326

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.177 C1 C2 H7 114.561
C2 C1 H3 109.899 C2 C1 Cl4 108.445
C2 C1 Cl5 108.445 H3 C1 Cl4 108.922
H3 C1 Cl5 108.922 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.191
O6 C2 H7 123.262
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.559560
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.782333
Nuclear repulsion energy265.870596
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 QCISD/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 3128 2995 6.45      
2 A 2988 2861 57.22      
3 A 1844 1765 118.93      
4 A 1428 1367 16.21      
5 A 1315 1259 18.55      
6 A 1285 1230 10.23      
7 A 1053 1008 15.89      
8 A 959 919 7.13      
9 A 853 817 75.85      
10 A 663 635 32.51      
11 A 633 606 29.88      
12 A 355 340 1.19      
13 A 288 276 2.73      
14 A 228 219 2.80      
15 A 84 80 10.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8552.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9574) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8187.6 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 QCISD/6-311G*
ABC
0.12419 0.08939 0.05507

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.103 -0.024 0.517
C2 -0.728 -1.276 0.193
H3 0.225 0.051 1.600
Cl4 1.733 -0.275 -0.168
Cl5 -0.658 1.456 -0.057
O6 -1.815 -1.263 -0.315
H7 -0.221 -2.215 0.490

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53671.09271.78591.76072.42962.2147
C21.53672.15652.68122.74421.19941.1081
H31.09272.15652.34632.34523.09152.5628
Cl41.78592.68122.34632.95413.68542.8310
Cl51.76072.74422.34522.95412.96613.7374
O62.42961.19943.09153.68542.96612.0234
H72.21471.10812.56282.83103.73742.0234

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.780 C1 C2 H7 112.724
C2 C1 H3 109.029 C2 C1 Cl4 107.362
C2 C1 Cl5 112.478 H3 C1 Cl4 106.699
H3 C1 Cl5 108.265 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.805
O6 C2 H7 122.492
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability