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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

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 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.003145
Energy at 298.15K-1071.005485
HF Energy-1070.574064
Nuclear repulsion energy253.692683
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' 3191 3075 0.03      
2 A' 3049 2938 34.08      
3 A' 1670 1610 69.75      
4 A' 1424 1372 4.69      
5 A' 1242 1196 11.17      
6 A' 1079 1040 22.69      
7 A' 743 716 24.91      
8 A' 411 396 5.79      
9 A' 315 303 26.65      
10 A' 238 230 1.53      
11 A" 1236 1191 26.24      
12 A" 1005 969 21.89      
13 A" 659 635 93.90      
14 A" 275 265 1.80      
15 A" 70 67 11.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8302.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8000.6 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
0.09623 0.08911 0.04859

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 0.396 0.024 0.000
C2 -0.177 1.436 0.000
H3 1.487 0.027 0.000
Cl4 -0.177 -0.876 1.543
Cl5 -0.177 -0.876 -1.543
O6 0.564 2.438 0.000
H7 -1.278 1.507 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52351.09131.87621.87622.41992.2358
C21.52352.18052.77962.77961.24701.1025
H31.09132.18052.44302.44302.58163.1358
Cl41.87622.77962.44303.08553.73063.0447
Cl51.87622.77962.44303.08553.73063.0447
O62.41991.24702.58163.73063.73062.0638
H72.23581.10253.13583.04473.04472.0638

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.407 C1 C2 H7 115.805
C2 C1 H3 111.938 C2 C1 Cl4 109.250
C2 C1 Cl5 109.250 H3 C1 Cl4 107.883
H3 C1 Cl5 107.883 Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.630
O6 C2 H7 122.788
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.001036
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.571316
Nuclear repulsion energy256.471562
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 3152 3037 1.83      
2 A 3023 2913 35.92      
3 A 1676 1615 64.91      
4 A 1427 1375 10.33      
5 A 1278 1231 8.90      
6 A 1233 1188 15.95      
7 A 1034 997 11.98      
8 A 947 912 3.61      
9 A 779 750 60.04      
10 A 593 571 33.96      
11 A 569 548 34.08      
12 A 335 323 1.33      
13 A 253 244 3.86      
14 A 219 211 2.78      
15 A 74 72 14.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8294.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7993.0 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
0.11810 0.08181 0.05095

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 0.082 -0.067 0.535
C2 -0.683 -1.339 0.164
H3 0.206 0.029 1.618
Cl4 1.831 -0.212 -0.162
Cl5 -0.759 1.477 -0.060
O6 -1.838 -1.354 -0.299
H7 -0.122 -2.268 0.367

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53041.09421.88771.85642.45702.2167
C21.53042.18592.77442.82601.24351.1046
H31.09422.18592.42242.41693.12452.6364
Cl41.88772.77442.42243.09293.84422.8843
Cl51.85642.82602.41693.09293.03883.8229
O62.45701.24353.12453.84423.03882.0553
H72.21671.10462.63642.88433.82292.0553

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.364 C1 C2 H7 113.569
C2 C1 H3 111.707 C2 C1 Cl4 108.067
C2 C1 Cl5 112.764 H3 C1 Cl4 105.548
H3 C1 Cl5 107.148 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.397
O6 C2 H7 122.052
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability