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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1066.283878
Energy at 298.15K-1066.286341
HF Energy-1065.677957
Nuclear repulsion energy260.046736
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' 3213 3046 0.34      
2 A' 3041 2883 43.84      
3 A' 1629 1544 46.28      
4 A' 1455 1379 0.91      
5 A' 1256 1190 6.27      
6 A' 1004 952 34.22      
7 A' 777 737 16.34      
8 A' 425 403 3.52      
9 A' 319 303 22.26      
10 A' 262 248 1.49      
11 A" 1300 1233 20.25      
12 A" 1044 990 22.13      
13 A" 711 674 101.11      
14 A" 288 273 1.98      
15 A" 80 76 7.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8401.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7964.3 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.10392 0.09135 0.05115

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 0.341 0.211 0.000
C2 -0.938 1.067 0.000
H3 1.225 0.842 0.000
Cl4 0.341 -0.807 1.482
Cl5 0.341 -0.807 -1.482
O6 -0.922 2.310 0.000
H7 -1.852 0.456 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53891.08701.79781.79782.44982.2061
C21.53892.17482.70982.70981.24291.0989
H31.08702.17482.38742.38742.60093.1010
Cl41.79782.70982.38742.96433.67502.9325
Cl51.79782.70982.38742.96433.67502.9325
O62.44981.24292.60093.67503.67502.0733
H72.20611.09893.10102.93252.93252.0733

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 123.089 C1 C2 H7 112.445
C2 C1 H3 110.653 C2 C1 Cl4 108.356
C2 C1 Cl5 108.356 H3 C1 Cl4 109.209
H3 C1 Cl5 109.209 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.056
O6 C2 H7 124.466
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1066.284039
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1065.677152
Nuclear repulsion energy263.335077
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 3173 3008 2.38 70.91 0.27 0.42
2 A 3028 2870 49.22 116.48 0.30 0.46
3 A 1630 1545 36.98 1.79 0.73 0.84
4 A 1447 1372 6.59 7.30 0.71 0.83
5 A 1298 1230 12.01 6.14 0.72 0.84
6 A 1287 1220 12.45 11.62 0.74 0.85
7 A 1038 984 11.75 5.40 0.51 0.68
8 A 933 884 19.02 3.72 0.75 0.86
9 A 800 759 58.81 6.38 0.74 0.85
10 A 641 608 32.70 9.66 0.11 0.19
11 A 612 580 34.43 7.97 0.49 0.66
12 A 352 334 1.78 3.59 0.25 0.40
13 A 277 262 2.85 5.71 0.64 0.78
14 A 228 216 2.82 1.27 0.69 0.82
15 A 106 100 8.83 2.14 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8424.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7986.2 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
0.12497 0.08646 0.05425

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 0.114 -0.032 0.540
C2 -0.725 -1.283 0.195
H3 0.245 0.055 1.619
Cl4 1.758 -0.268 -0.174
Cl5 -0.672 1.448 -0.058
O6 -1.854 -1.251 -0.318
H7 -0.200 -2.211 0.464

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54481.09031.80771.77922.46852.2025
C21.54482.18152.70702.74231.24051.0999
H31.09032.18152.36792.36523.14072.5819
Cl41.80772.70702.36792.97693.74552.8305
Cl51.77922.74232.36522.97692.95703.7255
O62.46851.24053.14073.74552.95702.0663
H72.20251.09992.58192.83053.72552.0663

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.456 C1 C2 H7 111.663
C2 C1 H3 110.574 C2 C1 Cl4 107.433
C2 C1 Cl5 110.981 H3 C1 Cl4 106.970
H3 C1 Cl5 108.635 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.180
O6 C2 H7 123.880
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability