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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1070.985788
Energy at 298.15K-1070.988156
HF Energy-1070.573566
Nuclear repulsion energy254.022824
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' 3228 3067 0.04      
2 A' 3089 2935 36.81      
3 A' 1612 1532 42.32      
4 A' 1435 1364 2.70      
5 A' 1256 1193 9.51      
6 A' 1087 1033 24.38      
7 A' 752 714 22.29      
8 A' 414 394 5.37      
9 A' 316 300 26.01      
10 A' 241 229 1.57      
11 A" 1259 1197 24.78      
12 A" 1024 973 24.49      
13 A" 672 639 97.05      
14 A" 276 263 1.87      
15 A" 69 66 10.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8365.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9501) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7948.3 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=FULL/6-31G
ABC
0.09673 0.08914 0.04872

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 0.393 0.022 0.000
C2 -0.177 1.431 0.000
H3 1.482 0.027 0.000
Cl4 -0.177 -0.876 1.539
Cl5 -0.177 -0.876 -1.539
O6 0.566 2.441 0.000
H7 -1.274 1.501 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51921.08891.87071.87072.42512.2286
C21.51922.17352.77252.77251.25481.0994
H31.08892.17352.43612.43612.58263.1259
Cl41.87072.77252.43613.07753.73143.0366
Cl51.87072.77252.43613.07753.73143.0366
O62.42511.25482.58263.73143.73142.0668
H72.22861.09943.12593.03663.03662.0668

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.619 C1 C2 H7 115.726
C2 C1 H3 111.830 C2 C1 Cl4 109.306
C2 C1 Cl5 109.306 H3 C1 Cl4 107.855
H3 C1 Cl5 107.855 Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.681
O6 C2 H7 122.655
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1070.983903
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.570812
Nuclear repulsion energy256.902236
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 3190 3031 2.28 79.01 0.24 0.39
2 A 3063 2910 39.03 133.09 0.29 0.45
3 A 1616 1536 42.13 4.55 0.67 0.80
4 A 1438 1366 7.64 6.75 0.62 0.76
5 A 1286 1222 10.30 6.80 0.74 0.85
6 A 1252 1190 14.29 13.84 0.71 0.83
7 A 1046 994 14.18 1.58 0.45 0.62
8 A 957 909 3.96 8.89 0.66 0.79
9 A 789 750 60.21 8.87 0.73 0.85
10 A 602 572 32.50 11.44 0.14 0.24
11 A 580 551 35.64 11.45 0.49 0.65
12 A 337 320 1.45 5.45 0.28 0.44
13 A 256 243 3.66 7.39 0.63 0.77
14 A 221 210 2.58 2.10 0.73 0.84
15 A 81 77 12.82 2.53 0.73 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8356.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9501) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7939.4 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
0.11862 0.08208 0.05122

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 0.086 -0.064 0.537
C2 -0.681 -1.333 0.176
H3 0.214 0.037 1.616
Cl4 1.826 -0.212 -0.166
Cl5 -0.758 1.472 -0.059
O6 -1.834 -1.352 -0.309
H7 -0.128 -2.258 0.403

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52621.09181.88191.85072.46222.2093
C21.52622.17992.76702.81581.25131.1015
H31.09182.17992.41552.41053.13582.6191
Cl41.88192.76702.41553.08583.83582.8859
Cl51.85072.81582.41053.08583.03233.8112
O62.46221.25133.13583.83583.03232.0587
H72.20931.10152.61912.88593.81122.0587

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.567 C1 C2 H7 113.457
C2 C1 H3 111.673 C2 C1 Cl4 108.106
C2 C1 Cl5 112.631 H3 C1 Cl4 105.537
H3 C1 Cl5 107.176 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.517
O6 C2 H7 121.966
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability