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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C1 bisecting, trans 1A
1 2 yes CS eclipsed, cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-609.326269
Energy at 298.15K-609.329572
HF Energy-608.867785
Nuclear repulsion energy141.062680
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/3-21G*
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 3212 3045 0.55      
2 A 3135 2972 4.60      
3 A 3016 2859 64.56      
4 A 1629 1544 44.92      
5 A 1548 1468 11.09      
6 A 1462 1386 1.95      
7 A 1332 1263 13.18      
8 A 1236 1172 4.45      
9 A 1060 1005 2.06      
10 A 1022 969 37.90      
11 A 820 777 9.48      
12 A 722 685 19.27      
13 A 450 427 8.25      
14 A 294 279 8.81      
15 A 72 69 11.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10504.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9958.6 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
ABC
0.92883 0.08943 0.08540

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.008 0.714 0.134
C2 1.161 -0.289 0.258
Cl3 -1.546 -0.187 -0.087
O4 2.283 -0.108 -0.255
H5 -0.084 1.308 1.047
H6 0.175 1.362 -0.726
H7 0.909 -1.179 0.854

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.53311.80982.44951.09271.08952.2165
C21.53312.73061.24642.17342.16021.1005
Cl31.80982.73063.83282.37872.40102.8101
O42.44951.24643.83283.04982.61292.0649
H51.09272.17342.37873.04981.79202.6849
H61.08952.16022.40102.61291.79203.0809
H72.21651.10052.81012.06492.68493.0809

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 123.266 C1 C2 H7 113.606
C2 C1 Cl3 109.259 C2 C1 H5 110.612
C2 C1 H6 109.750 Cl3 C1 H5 107.491
Cl3 C1 H6 109.277 O4 C2 H7 123.123
H5 C1 H6 110.406
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-609.326673
Energy at 298.15K-609.330168
HF Energy-608.867016
Nuclear repulsion energy145.387017
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/3-21G*
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' 3119 2957 9.23      
2 A' 2976 2822 91.75      
3 A' 1648 1562 27.62      
4 A' 1541 1461 27.21      
5 A' 1454 1378 8.01      
6 A' 1336 1266 22.02      
7 A' 929 881 9.37      
8 A' 768 729 4.81      
9 A' 629 596 37.47      
10 A' 224 213 2.34      
11 A" 3174 3009 0.48      
12 A" 1261 1196 2.51      
13 A" 1075 1019 0.64      
14 A" 757 717 4.47      
15 A" 178 168 0.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10534.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9986.5 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.47448 0.12892 0.10336

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.963 0.000
C2 1.368 0.277 0.000
Cl3 -1.336 -0.236 0.000
O4 1.563 -0.951 0.000
H5 -0.094 1.591 0.891
H6 -0.094 1.591 -0.891
H7 2.193 1.010 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.53071.79592.47161.09371.09372.1938
C21.53072.75281.24352.15802.15801.1037
Cl31.79592.75282.98632.38282.38283.7433
O42.47161.24352.98633.16253.16252.0600
H51.09372.15802.38283.16251.78122.5220
H61.09372.15802.38283.16251.78122.5220
H72.19381.10373.74332.06002.52202.5220

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.661 C1 C2 H7 111.740
C2 C1 Cl3 111.446 C2 C1 H5 109.504
C2 C1 H6 109.504 Cl3 C1 H5 108.654
Cl3 C1 H6 108.654 O4 C2 H7 122.600
H5 C1 H6 109.038
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability