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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G

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 MP2/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.066237
Energy at 298.15K-612.069498
HF Energy-611.711090
Nuclear repulsion energy138.801425
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 MP2/6-31G
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 3224 3085 0.98      
2 A 3136 3000 4.89      
3 A 3064 2932 54.31      
4 A 1619 1549 45.91      
5 A 1526 1460 10.07      
6 A 1442 1380 3.28      
7 A 1321 1264 18.54      
8 A 1213 1161 6.37      
9 A 1077 1030 27.14      
10 A 1036 991 2.38      
11 A 826 791 8.13      
12 A 694 664 24.32      
13 A 449 430 11.37      
14 A 281 269 10.24      
15 A 64 61 15.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10486.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9568) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10033.1 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 MP2/6-31G
ABC
0.92152 0.08599 0.08233

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.057 0.712 0.142
C2 1.182 -0.300 0.262
Cl3 -1.590 -0.179 -0.087
O4 2.308 -0.109 -0.265
H5 -0.048 1.306 1.055
H6 0.210 1.355 -0.726
H7 0.969 -1.204 0.854

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51731.88682.42981.09461.09192.2376
C21.51732.79581.25782.17322.15911.1012
Cl31.88682.79583.90202.42672.45012.9125
O42.42981.25783.90203.04922.59982.0599
H51.09462.17322.42673.04921.80112.7156
H61.09192.15912.45012.59981.80113.1023
H72.23761.10122.91252.05992.71563.1023

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.945 C1 C2 H7 116.519
C2 C1 Cl3 109.960 C2 C1 H5 111.590
C2 C1 H6 110.630 Cl3 C1 H5 105.890
Cl3 C1 H6 107.671 O4 C2 H7 121.522
H5 C1 H6 110.916
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.064469
Energy at 298.15K-612.067862
HF Energy-611.707958
Nuclear repulsion energy142.724080
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 MP2/6-31G
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 2982 10.78      
2 A' 3006 2876 78.44      
3 A' 1641 1570 38.89      
4 A' 1521 1455 27.04      
5 A' 1440 1378 10.20      
6 A' 1334 1276 17.28      
7 A' 976 934 6.49      
8 A' 758 726 3.43      
9 A' 591 565 37.25      
10 A' 218 209 2.09      
11 A" 3185 3047 1.22      
12 A" 1227 1174 3.16      
13 A" 1049 1004 0.88      
14 A" 741 709 4.06      
15 A" 137 131 0.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10470.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9568) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10018.3 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 MP2/6-31G
ABC
0.46942 0.12186 0.09857

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

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 2.196 1.095 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51781.86992.47341.09581.09582.1991
C21.51782.83081.25322.15752.15751.1060
Cl31.86992.83083.06942.42792.42793.8318
O42.47341.25323.06943.17143.17142.0535
H51.09582.15752.42793.17141.78792.5455
H61.09582.15752.42793.17141.78792.5455
H72.19911.10603.83182.05352.54552.5455

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.147 C1 C2 H7 112.958
C2 C1 Cl3 112.952 C2 C1 H5 110.230
C2 C1 H6 110.230 Cl3 C1 H5 106.983
Cl3 C1 H6 106.983 O4 C2 H7 120.895
H5 C1 H6 109.327
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability