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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes CS eclipsed, cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.419768
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-611.808587
Nuclear repulsion energy141.794927
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 CCSD(T)/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD(T)/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.418369
Energy at 298.15K-612.421809
HF Energy-611.806399
Nuclear repulsion energy146.341950
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 CCSD(T)/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' 3079 2963        
2 A' 2946 2835        
3 A' 1817 1748        
4 A' 1493 1437        
5 A' 1430 1376        
6 A' 1355 1303        
7 A' 975 939        
8 A' 790 760        
9 A' 644 619        
10 A' 221 212        
11 A" 3131 3013        
12 A" 1230 1184        
13 A" 1057 1017        
14 A" 718 691        
15 A" 148 143        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10517.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9621) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10118.4 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 CCSD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
0.49836 0.12763 0.10358

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.930 0.000
C2 1.367 0.268 0.000
Cl3 -1.344 -0.229 0.000
O4 1.576 -0.930 0.000
H5 -0.081 1.573 0.886
H6 -0.081 1.573 -0.886
H7 2.202 1.003 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51881.77492.43801.09801.09802.2032
C21.51882.75601.21602.14132.14131.1129
Cl31.77492.75603.00302.37262.37263.7541
O42.43801.21603.00303.12993.12992.0321
H51.09802.14132.37263.12991.77302.5143
H61.09802.14132.37263.12991.77302.5143
H72.20321.11293.75412.03212.51432.5143

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.759 C1 C2 H7 112.778
C2 C1 Cl3 113.368 C2 C1 H5 108.759
C2 C1 H6 108.759 Cl3 C1 H5 109.064
Cl3 C1 H6 109.064 O4 C2 H7 121.463
H5 C1 H6 107.674
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability