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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

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 bisecting, trans 1A
1 2 no CS eclipsed, cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (C1 bisecting, trans)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.317868
Energy at 298.15K-612.321186
HF Energy-611.811019
Nuclear repulsion energy143.279813
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 3285 3034 0.40      
2 A 3211 2966 9.16      
3 A 3120 2882 50.78      
4 A 1938 1790 144.80      
5 A 1543 1426 11.87      
6 A 1490 1376 9.50      
7 A 1369 1264 25.51      
8 A 1268 1171 2.12      
9 A 1112 1027 31.74      
10 A 1101 1017 3.16      
11 A 872 805 35.96      
12 A 754 696 7.48      
13 A 484 447 11.48      
14 A 294 271 13.67      
15 A 41 38 20.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10940.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10105.3 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
1.11942 0.09008 0.08549

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 0.023 0.646 0.100
C2 1.157 -0.357 0.125
Cl3 -1.554 -0.153 -0.055
O4 2.282 -0.037 -0.143
H5 0.027 1.213 1.029
H6 0.163 1.330 -0.730
H7 0.894 -1.382 0.422

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51401.77542.37281.08781.08502.2312
C21.51402.72471.20062.13512.13651.0994
Cl31.77542.72473.83972.35422.36762.7812
O42.37281.20063.83972.83222.58952.0141
H51.08782.13512.35422.83221.76832.8031
H61.08502.13652.36762.58951.76833.0365
H72.23121.09942.78122.01412.80313.0365

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.449 C1 C2 H7 116.343
C2 C1 Cl3 111.613 C2 C1 H5 109.203
C2 C1 H6 109.474 Cl3 C1 H5 108.211
Cl3 C1 H6 109.348 O4 C2 H7 122.193
H5 C1 H6 108.944
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.316143
Energy at 298.15K-612.319677
HF Energy-611.808699
Nuclear repulsion energy147.474987
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' 3189 2946 16.69      
2 A' 3075 2841 80.76      
3 A' 1954 1805 126.98      
4 A' 1543 1425 19.65      
5 A' 1488 1374 17.94      
6 A' 1414 1306 18.27      
7 A' 1017 940 4.82      
8 A' 825 762 7.85      
9 A' 673 621 47.10      
10 A' 229 212 3.23      
11 A" 3243 2995 1.55      
12 A" 1287 1189 1.96      
13 A" 1108 1024 1.51      
14 A" 748 691 1.51      
15 A" 158 146 1.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10975.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10138.2 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
0.51076 0.12872 0.10480

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 0.000 0.919 0.000
C2 1.360 0.263 0.000
Cl3 -1.338 -0.228 0.000
O4 1.571 -0.916 0.000
H5 -0.080 1.557 0.879
H6 -0.080 1.557 -0.879
H7 2.186 0.995 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51011.76292.41541.08911.08912.1872
C21.51012.74311.19772.12652.12651.1028
Cl31.76292.74312.98942.35442.35443.7304
O42.41541.19772.98943.10073.10072.0068
H51.08912.12652.35443.10071.75782.4950
H61.08912.12652.35443.10071.75782.4950
H72.18721.10283.73042.00682.49502.4950

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.860 C1 C2 H7 112.735
C2 C1 Cl3 113.659 C2 C1 H5 108.716
C2 C1 H6 108.716 Cl3 C1 H5 108.986
Cl3 C1 H6 108.986 O4 C2 H7 121.405
H5 C1 H6 107.608
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability