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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP/6-311G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.636487
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.389590
Nuclear repulsion energy265.357170
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 B2PLYP/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 3143 3143 5.97 79.77 0.22 0.36
2 A 2981 2981 64.20 146.89 0.32 0.49
3 A 1822 1822 128.77 13.25 0.56 0.72
4 A 1420 1420 15.81 4.25 0.52 0.68
5 A 1295 1295 18.97 4.91 0.69 0.81
6 A 1262 1262 10.64 8.33 0.75 0.86
7 A 1037 1037 15.66 2.44 0.48 0.65
8 A 942 942 10.85 5.62 0.64 0.78
9 A 812 812 84.74 7.17 0.73 0.84
10 A 647 647 37.17 9.28 0.09 0.17
11 A 619 619 40.31 7.84 0.46 0.63
12 A 347 347 1.94 3.22 0.25 0.40
13 A 280 280 2.78 6.25 0.65 0.79
14 A 223 223 2.46 1.79 0.71 0.83
15 A 88 88 10.35 2.30 0.73 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8458.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8458.9 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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.12345 0.08909 0.05487

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.098 -0.022 0.520
C2 -0.713 -1.285 0.200
H3 0.229 0.063 1.597
Cl4 1.741 -0.256 -0.169
Cl5 -0.683 1.452 -0.058
O6 -1.791 -1.292 -0.322
H7 -0.194 -2.210 0.511

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53451.08851.79681.76552.42652.2074
C21.53452.15842.68622.74921.19761.1056
H31.08852.15842.34692.34473.09822.5550
Cl41.79682.68622.34692.96723.68362.8330
Cl51.76552.74922.34472.96722.97053.7382
O62.42651.19763.09823.68362.97052.0220
H72.20741.10562.55502.83303.73822.0220

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 112.446
C2 C1 H3 109.573 C2 C1 Cl4 107.223
C2 C1 Cl5 112.649 H3 C1 Cl4 106.249
H3 C1 Cl5 108.128 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.805
O6 C2 H7 122.731
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.456      
2 C 0.145      
3 H 0.313      
4 Cl -0.007      
5 Cl 0.022      
6 O -0.222      
7 H 0.204      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.083 -0.905 1.995 2.444
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.322 -1.981 -1.210
y -1.981 -42.410 -1.553
z -1.210 -1.553 -40.965
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.635 -1.981 -1.210
y -1.981 2.234 -1.553
z -1.210 -1.553 4.401
Polar
3z2-r28.803
x2-y2-5.912
xy-1.981
xz-1.210
yz-1.553


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.991 -0.878 0.135
y -0.878 6.863 -0.403
z 0.135 -0.403 4.348


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 186.862
(<r2>)1/2 13.670