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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.072617
Energy at 298.15K-612.075878
HF Energy-611.711126
Nuclear repulsion energy138.816047
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/6-31G
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 3225 3064 0.96      
2 A 3136 2980 4.86      
3 A 3064 2911 54.23      
4 A 1620 1539 45.92      
5 A 1526 1450 10.12      
6 A 1443 1371 3.26      
7 A 1321 1255 18.47      
8 A 1213 1152 6.38      
9 A 1077 1023 27.10      
10 A 1035 983 2.40      
11 A 826 785 8.13      
12 A 694 659 24.24      
13 A 449 427 11.35      
14 A 281 267 10.21      
15 A 64 61 15.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10486.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9501) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9963.4 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/6-31G
ABC
0.92128 0.08602 0.08235

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.058 0.712 0.142
C2 1.181 -0.300 0.262
Cl3 -1.589 -0.180 -0.087
O4 2.307 -0.110 -0.265
H5 -0.048 1.306 1.055
H6 0.210 1.355 -0.727
H7 0.968 -1.203 0.855

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51701.88682.42951.09451.09182.2372
C21.51702.79531.25772.17292.15891.1011
Cl31.88682.79533.90142.42652.45002.9119
O42.42951.25773.90143.04922.59962.0596
H51.09452.17292.42653.04921.80102.7150
H61.09182.15892.45002.59961.80103.1019
H72.23721.10112.91192.05962.71503.1019

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.955 C1 C2 H7 116.516
C2 C1 Cl3 109.943 C2 C1 H5 111.599
C2 C1 H6 110.640 Cl3 C1 H5 105.877
Cl3 C1 H6 107.669 O4 C2 H7 121.515
H5 C1 H6 110.928
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.070855
Energy at 298.15K-612.074249
HF Energy-611.707993
Nuclear repulsion energy142.742105
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/6-31G
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' 3117 2962 10.72      
2 A' 3006 2856 78.32      
3 A' 1642 1560 38.82      
4 A' 1521 1445 27.10      
5 A' 1441 1369 10.17      
6 A' 1333 1267 17.22      
7 A' 976 927 6.50      
8 A' 759 721 3.40      
9 A' 591 561 37.16      
10 A' 218 207 2.09      
11 A" 3185 3026 1.19      
12 A" 1227 1166 3.15      
13 A" 1049 997 0.88      
14 A" 741 704 4.09      
15 A" 137 130 0.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10471.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9501) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9948.8 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=FULL/6-31G
ABC
0.46942 0.12192 0.09860

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.969 0.000
C2 1.383 0.345 0.000
Cl3 -1.373 -0.300 0.000
O4 1.640 -0.882 0.000
H5 -0.136 1.588 0.894
H6 -0.136 1.588 -0.894
H7 2.195 1.095 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51741.86992.47301.09571.09572.1990
C21.51742.83041.25312.15722.15721.1058
Cl31.86992.83043.06852.42772.42773.8314
O42.47301.25313.06853.17093.17092.0532
H51.09572.15722.42773.17091.78782.5455
H61.09572.15722.42773.17091.78782.5455
H72.19901.10583.83142.05322.54552.5455

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.139 C1 C2 H7 112.976
C2 C1 Cl3 112.939 C2 C1 H5 110.239
C2 C1 H6 110.239 Cl3 C1 H5 106.976
Cl3 C1 H6 106.976 O4 C2 H7 120.885
H5 C1 H6 109.334
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability