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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.091448
Energy at 298.15K-612.094661
HF Energy-611.711535
Nuclear repulsion energy138.541345
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 QCISD/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 3177 3061 1.06      
2 A 3094 2982 4.57      
3 A 3020 2910 48.75      
4 A 1667 1606 72.63      
5 A 1505 1451 10.03      
6 A 1430 1378 5.63      
7 A 1299 1252 20.73      
8 A 1196 1153 6.51      
9 A 1060 1022 25.52      
10 A 1019 982 1.62      
11 A 808 779 8.72      
12 A 681 656 26.67      
13 A 441 425 12.45      
14 A 277 267 11.17      
15 A 56 54 18.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10365.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9988.2 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 QCISD/6-31G
ABC
0.94086 0.08537 0.08153

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.065 0.709 0.140
C2 1.185 -0.317 0.236
Cl3 -1.599 -0.175 -0.083
O4 2.319 -0.098 -0.244
H5 -0.029 1.295 1.063
H6 0.207 1.363 -0.727
H7 0.953 -1.254 0.773

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52221.89692.42461.09761.09482.2458
C21.52222.80571.25022.18102.16911.1046
Cl31.89692.80573.92152.43622.45762.8997
O42.42461.25023.92153.02692.61272.0579
H51.09762.18102.43623.02691.80712.7468
H61.09482.16912.45762.61271.80713.1069
H72.24581.10462.89972.05792.74683.1069

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.676 C1 C2 H7 116.606
C2 C1 Cl3 109.805 C2 C1 H5 111.690
C2 C1 H6 110.904 Cl3 C1 H5 105.781
Cl3 C1 H6 107.412 O4 C2 H7 121.702
H5 C1 H6 111.029
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.089282
Energy at 298.15K-612.092639
HF Energy-611.708334
Nuclear repulsion energy142.506294
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 QCISD/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' 3075 2963 10.06      
2 A' 2963 2855 72.02      
3 A' 1687 1625 62.98      
4 A' 1505 1450 23.33      
5 A' 1429 1377 13.51      
6 A' 1320 1272 15.08      
7 A' 965 930 5.95      
8 A' 748 721 3.74      
9 A' 576 555 38.64      
10 A' 217 209 2.23      
11 A" 3136 3022 1.95      
12 A" 1212 1168 2.85      
13 A" 1034 996 0.89      
14 A" 735 709 3.26      
15 A" 130 125 1.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10365.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9987.9 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 QCISD/6-31G
ABC
0.46982 0.12115 0.09813

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.971 0.000
C2 1.388 0.348 0.000
Cl3 -1.377 -0.307 0.000
O4 1.645 -0.872 0.000
H5 -0.141 1.589 0.897
H6 -0.141 1.589 -0.897
H7 2.202 1.101 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52161.87862.47021.09871.09872.2059
C21.52162.84171.24622.16462.16461.1093
Cl31.87862.84173.07452.43482.43483.8462
O42.47021.24623.07453.17073.17072.0503
H51.09872.16462.43483.17071.79412.5561
H61.09872.16462.43483.17071.79412.5561
H72.20591.10933.84622.05032.55612.5561

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.074 C1 C2 H7 113.019
C2 C1 Cl3 112.966 C2 C1 H5 110.353
C2 C1 H6 110.353 Cl3 C1 H5 106.782
Cl3 C1 H6 106.782 O4 C2 H7 120.907
H5 C1 H6 109.456
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability