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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at TPSSh/3-21G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/3-21G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1067.984370
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1067.984370
Nuclear repulsion energy263.256861
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/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 3126 3019 2.40 85.99 0.23 0.38
2 A 2970 2868 53.19 135.87 0.33 0.49
3 A 1723 1663 77.19 11.72 0.44 0.61
4 A 1410 1362 9.73 6.62 0.71 0.83
5 A 1264 1220 12.80 7.62 0.75 0.86
6 A 1224 1182 9.83 12.71 0.72 0.84
7 A 1019 984 13.28 4.89 0.59 0.74
8 A 906 875 17.15 3.37 0.64 0.78
9 A 758 732 68.88 5.57 0.70 0.82
10 A 623 601 38.16 11.63 0.10 0.19
11 A 593 572 53.60 10.46 0.42 0.59
12 A 337 325 3.21 3.83 0.22 0.36
13 A 265 256 3.41 7.22 0.61 0.76
14 A 216 208 2.61 1.77 0.70 0.82
15 A 102 99 8.98 2.11 0.70 0.83

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8266.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7983.0 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.12340 0.08703 0.05436

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.104 -0.014 0.549
C2 -0.669 -1.304 0.215
H3 0.250 0.089 1.627
Cl4 1.765 -0.210 -0.178
Cl5 -0.743 1.428 -0.061
O6 -1.764 -1.336 -0.337
H7 -0.109 -2.199 0.535

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54041.09231.82351.77982.45322.1948
C21.54042.18572.69732.74651.22611.1031
H31.09232.18572.37502.37153.15252.5600
Cl41.82352.69732.37502.99743.70702.8237
Cl51.77982.74652.37152.99742.95863.7292
O62.45321.22613.15253.70702.95862.0599
H72.19481.10312.56002.82373.72922.0599

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.551 C1 C2 H7 111.178
C2 C1 H3 111.102 C2 C1 Cl4 106.308
C2 C1 Cl5 111.423 H3 C1 Cl4 106.363
H3 C1 Cl5 108.958 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.574
O6 C2 H7 124.270
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.556      
2 C 0.279      
3 H 0.327      
4 Cl 0.025      
5 Cl 0.064      
6 O -0.364      
7 H 0.225      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.997 -0.965 2.090 2.509
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 7.618 -0.790 0.190
y -0.790 6.336 -0.361
z 0.190 -0.361 4.004


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 188.293
(<r2>)1/2 13.722