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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1073.104327
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1073.104327
Nuclear repulsion energy264.953064
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 TPSSh/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 3120 3005 6.13 84.84 0.21 0.34
2 A 2946 2837 70.09 157.79 0.33 0.50
3 A 1829 1761 153.72 17.33 0.50 0.67
4 A 1405 1354 17.47 4.20 0.58 0.73
5 A 1274 1227 18.25 4.85 0.73 0.84
6 A 1235 1190 10.47 8.79 0.74 0.85
7 A 1020 982 15.15 2.44 0.54 0.70
8 A 922 888 12.39 5.12 0.61 0.76
9 A 781 752 89.77 6.36 0.71 0.83
10 A 633 609 40.86 9.56 0.09 0.16
11 A 605 583 52.83 8.84 0.44 0.61
12 A 332 320 2.57 3.27 0.24 0.39
13 A 269 259 3.22 6.74 0.65 0.79
14 A 213 205 2.29 1.95 0.71 0.83
15 A 88 85 10.12 2.22 0.71 0.83

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8335.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8028.8 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 TPSSh/6-311G*
ABC
0.12257 0.08909 0.05481

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.095 -0.015 0.527
C2 -0.691 -1.296 0.211
H3 0.237 0.086 1.602
Cl4 1.745 -0.233 -0.172
Cl5 -0.712 1.445 -0.059
O6 -1.758 -1.326 -0.331
H7 -0.161 -2.210 0.544

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53601.08941.80521.76772.42652.2096
C21.53602.17022.68552.75431.19721.1074
H31.08942.17022.34972.34633.11682.5593
Cl41.80522.68552.34972.97713.67322.8381
Cl51.76772.75432.34632.97712.97393.7445
O62.42651.19723.11683.67322.97392.0244
H72.20961.10742.55932.83813.74452.0244

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.732 C1 C2 H7 112.410
C2 C1 H3 110.350 C2 C1 Cl4 106.705
C2 C1 Cl5 112.775 H3 C1 Cl4 105.877
H3 C1 Cl5 108.056 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.867
O6 C2 H7 122.858
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.466      
2 C 0.176      
3 H 0.318      
4 Cl -0.010      
5 Cl 0.022      
6 O -0.238      
7 H 0.199      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.068 -0.859 2.050 2.466
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.218 -0.830 0.155
y -0.830 7.023 -0.407
z 0.155 -0.407 4.414


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 186.949
(<r2>)1/2 13.673