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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1070.939969
Energy at 298.15K-1070.942456
HF Energy-1070.577506
Nuclear repulsion energy256.347667
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 CID/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' 3284 3071 0.32      
2 A' 3154 2950 27.69      
3 A' 1787 1671 85.74      
4 A' 1475 1379 5.24      
5 A' 1294 1210 10.15      
6 A' 1124 1051 22.27      
7 A' 783 732 28.44      
8 A' 434 406 6.39      
9 A' 330 308 29.05      
10 A' 251 235 1.74      
11 A" 1288 1205 28.29      
12 A" 1059 990 25.21      
13 A" 710 664 97.64      
14 A" 287 269 2.01      
15 A" 75 70 12.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8666.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8105.1 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 CID/6-31G
ABC
0.09838 0.09084 0.04961

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.390 0.022 0.000
C2 -0.175 1.426 0.000
H3 1.474 0.029 0.000
Cl4 -0.175 -0.868 1.526
Cl5 -0.175 -0.868 -1.526
O6 0.559 2.413 0.000
H7 -1.267 1.503 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51381.08371.85471.85472.39682.2220
C21.51382.16102.75552.75551.22961.0939
H31.08372.16102.41922.41922.55303.1112
Cl41.85472.75552.41923.05143.69223.0234
Cl51.85472.75552.41923.05143.69223.0234
O62.39681.22962.55303.69223.69222.0394
H72.22201.09393.11123.02343.02342.0394

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.429 C1 C2 H7 115.937
C2 C1 H3 111.526 C2 C1 Cl4 109.359
C2 C1 Cl5 109.359 H3 C1 Cl4 107.944
H3 C1 Cl5 107.944 Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.698
O6 C2 H7 122.634
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1070.937734
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.574820
Nuclear repulsion energy259.099960
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 CID/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 3242 3032 2.84      
2 A 3128 2926 28.43      
3 A 1796 1679 77.24      
4 A 1477 1381 13.67      
5 A 1330 1244 8.85      
6 A 1283 1200 16.43      
7 A 1083 1013 12.17      
8 A 990 926 3.28      
9 A 826 772 67.67      
10 A 627 587 37.04      
11 A 602 563 33.82      
12 A 351 328 1.08      
13 A 266 249 4.36      
14 A 228 213 3.20      
15 A 79 74 16.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8654.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8093.7 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 CID/6-31G
ABC
0.12004 0.08369 0.05198

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.081 -0.066 0.526
C2 -0.688 -1.325 0.164
H3 0.201 0.024 1.603
Cl4 1.809 -0.219 -0.161
Cl5 -0.741 1.469 -0.059
O6 -1.823 -1.334 -0.299
H7 -0.141 -2.251 0.377

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51971.08671.86551.83642.43252.2019
C21.51972.16362.75032.80331.22611.0959
H31.08672.16362.39892.39433.09182.6074
Cl41.86552.75032.39893.05923.80202.8676
Cl51.83642.80332.39433.05923.01413.7928
O62.43251.22613.09183.80203.01412.0311
H72.20191.09592.60742.86763.79282.0311

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.382 C1 C2 H7 113.678
C2 C1 H3 111.133 C2 C1 Cl4 108.237
C2 C1 Cl5 112.952 H3 C1 Cl4 105.647
H3 C1 Cl5 107.190 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.455
O6 C2 H7 121.926
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability