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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP/6-31G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.336142
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.197584
Nuclear repulsion energy258.211745
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 B2PLYP/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 3194 3194 2.34 84.87 0.23 0.37
2 A 3057 3057 37.15 137.61 0.31 0.47
3 A 1690 1690 75.03 12.47 0.47 0.64
4 A 1431 1431 10.92 6.23 0.64 0.78
5 A 1282 1282 10.48 8.42 0.70 0.82
6 A 1236 1236 14.29 14.92 0.70 0.82
7 A 1042 1042 13.30 1.89 0.64 0.78
8 A 954 954 4.34 8.65 0.60 0.75
9 A 778 778 72.43 8.80 0.72 0.84
10 A 603 603 37.44 14.23 0.12 0.22
11 A 578 578 48.18 13.23 0.47 0.64
12 A 337 337 2.07 6.15 0.25 0.40
13 A 256 256 4.25 7.89 0.62 0.76
14 A 219 219 2.39 2.49 0.74 0.85
15 A 82 82 13.26 2.65 0.72 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8368.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8368.7 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 B2PLYP/6-31G
ABC
0.11913 0.08317 0.05178

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.082 -0.056 0.537
C2 -0.661 -1.335 0.184
H3 0.215 0.050 1.612
Cl4 1.818 -0.191 -0.167
Cl5 -0.778 1.458 -0.059
O6 -1.790 -1.375 -0.316
H7 -0.097 -2.245 0.434

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52071.08831.87841.84022.44332.1987
C21.52072.17372.75262.80571.23491.0992
H31.08832.17372.40672.40083.12522.5981
Cl41.87842.75262.40673.07703.79972.8718
Cl51.84022.80572.40083.07703.01893.7968
O62.44331.23493.12523.79973.01892.0452
H72.19871.09922.59812.87183.79682.0452

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.587 C1 C2 H7 113.132
C2 C1 H3 111.773 C2 C1 Cl4 107.688
C2 C1 Cl5 112.849 H3 C1 Cl4 105.305
H3 C1 Cl5 107.329 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.676
O6 C2 H7 122.274
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.546      
2 C 0.290      
3 H 0.268      
4 Cl 0.043      
5 Cl 0.094      
6 O -0.323      
7 H 0.174      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.198 -1.129 2.285 2.816
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.796 -2.157 -1.176
y -2.157 -42.612 -1.563
z -1.176 -1.563 -40.657
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.161 -2.157 -1.176
y -2.157 2.615 -1.563
z -1.176 -1.563 5.547
Polar
3z2-r211.093
x2-y2-7.184
xy-2.157
xz-1.176
yz-1.563


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.049 -0.961 0.162
y -0.961 6.231 -0.380
z 0.162 -0.380 3.693


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 196.186
(<r2>)1/2 14.007