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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

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 MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1066.254901
Energy at 298.15K-1066.257364
HF Energy-1065.677918
Nuclear repulsion energy259.975894
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 MP2/3-21G*
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 3056 0.34      
2 A' 3040 2892 43.96      
3 A' 1628 1549 46.32      
4 A' 1454 1383 0.92      
5 A' 1256 1195 6.31      
6 A' 1003 954 34.24      
7 A' 777 739 16.38      
8 A' 425 404 3.51      
9 A' 319 304 22.34      
10 A' 262 249 1.51      
11 A" 1302 1238 20.29      
12 A" 1044 993 22.20      
13 A" 711 676 101.48      
14 A" 287 273 1.98      
15 A" 80 76 7.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8400.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7991.1 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.10382 0.09132 0.05112

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.340 0.210 0.000
C2 -0.938 1.068 0.000
H3 1.225 0.841 0.000
Cl4 0.340 -0.807 1.483
Cl5 0.340 -0.807 -1.483
O6 -0.921 2.311 0.000
H7 -1.852 0.458 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53951.08711.79821.79822.45022.2068
C21.53952.17502.71082.71081.24301.0990
H31.08712.17502.38742.38742.60073.1014
Cl41.79822.71082.38742.96573.67562.9341
Cl51.79822.71082.38742.96573.67562.9341
O62.45021.24302.60073.67563.67562.0735
H72.20681.09903.10142.93412.93412.0735

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 123.068 C1 C2 H7 112.455
C2 C1 H3 110.621 C2 C1 Cl4 108.373
C2 C1 Cl5 108.373 H3 C1 Cl4 109.183
H3 C1 Cl5 109.183 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.104
O6 C2 H7 124.477
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1066.255053
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1065.677113
Nuclear repulsion energy263.265328
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 MP2/3-21G*
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 3172 3018 2.38 70.93 0.27 0.42
2 A 3027 2880 49.33 116.60 0.30 0.46
3 A 1630 1550 37.10 1.78 0.73 0.84
4 A 1447 1376 6.65 7.28 0.71 0.83
5 A 1298 1235 12.21 6.22 0.72 0.84
6 A 1289 1226 12.22 11.55 0.74 0.85
7 A 1037 987 11.75 5.41 0.51 0.68
8 A 932 887 19.16 3.71 0.75 0.86
9 A 800 761 58.92 6.39 0.74 0.85
10 A 641 610 32.67 9.67 0.10 0.19
11 A 612 582 34.70 7.97 0.49 0.66
12 A 352 335 1.78 3.62 0.25 0.40
13 A 277 263 2.87 5.71 0.64 0.78
14 A 228 217 2.81 1.27 0.69 0.82
15 A 106 101 8.85 2.14 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8423.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8012.8 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.12490 0.08641 0.05421

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

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 -0.673 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
C11.54541.09041.80801.77962.46912.2028
C21.54542.18182.70802.74321.24051.1000
H31.09042.18182.36822.36533.14102.5820
Cl41.80802.70802.36822.97803.74672.8312
Cl51.77962.74322.36532.97802.95793.7263
O62.46911.24053.14103.74672.95792.0667
H72.20281.10002.58202.83123.72632.0667

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.458 C1 C2 H7 111.646
C2 C1 H3 110.549 C2 C1 Cl4 107.450
C2 C1 Cl5 110.986 H3 C1 Cl4 106.959
H3 C1 Cl5 108.616 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.212
O6 C2 H7 123.895
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability