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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CISD/3-21G

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 CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-609.098736
Energy at 298.15K-609.102059
HF Energy-608.764599
Nuclear repulsion energy139.874108
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 CISD/3-21G
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 3276 3084 0.19      
2 A 3192 3005 3.03      
3 A 3075 2894 54.44      
4 A 1768 1665 72.26      
5 A 1548 1457 12.68      
6 A 1490 1403 4.29      
7 A 1319 1241 16.53      
8 A 1229 1157 8.06      
9 A 1058 996 17.19      
10 A 1035 974 19.37      
11 A 836 787 5.34      
12 A 683 643 28.53      
13 A 457 430 12.40      
14 A 297 279 8.74      
15 A 79 75 12.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10671.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9413) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10044.8 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 CISD/3-21G
ABC
0.83274 0.08918 0.08517

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.057 0.768 0.106
C2 1.184 -0.230 0.319
Cl3 -1.558 -0.207 -0.084
O4 2.246 -0.183 -0.295
H5 -0.091 1.410 0.971
H6 0.204 1.338 -0.805
H7 0.967 -0.992 1.075

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52091.89632.42051.08721.08442.2065
C21.52092.77151.22792.17732.16421.0956
Cl31.89632.77153.81022.42482.45212.8872
O42.42051.22793.81023.09902.59702.0423
H51.08722.17732.42483.09901.80202.6267
H61.08442.16422.45212.59701.80203.0903
H72.20651.09562.88722.04232.62673.0903

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 123.073 C1 C2 H7 113.992
C2 C1 Cl3 107.897 C2 C1 H5 112.128
C2 C1 H6 111.235 Cl3 C1 H5 105.495
Cl3 C1 H6 107.567 O4 C2 H7 122.934
H5 C1 H6 112.154
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-609.098002
Energy at 298.15K-609.101463
HF Energy-608.763031
Nuclear repulsion energy143.943017
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 CISD/3-21G
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' 3172 2986 5.98      
2 A' 3023 2845 70.06      
3 A' 1785 1680 57.19      
4 A' 1546 1455 26.94      
5 A' 1479 1393 17.16      
6 A' 1338 1259 16.57      
7 A' 945 889 7.79      
8 A' 767 722 3.96      
9 A' 602 567 41.61      
10 A' 224 211 2.09      
11 A" 3232 3043 0.11      
12 A" 1264 1190 1.96      
13 A" 1061 999 0.58      
14 A" 754 710 4.71      
15 A" 158 149 0.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10675.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9413) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10048.7 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 CISD/3-21G
ABC
0.46859 0.12532 0.10078

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.984 0.000
C2 1.375 0.338 0.000
Cl3 -1.354 -0.312 0.000
O4 1.609 -0.863 0.000
H5 -0.141 1.591 0.893
H6 -0.141 1.591 -0.893
H7 2.177 1.092 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51961.87452.45001.08871.08872.1798
C21.51962.80601.22432.16042.16041.0999
Cl31.87452.80603.01382.42702.42703.7999
O42.45001.22433.01383.14423.14422.0358
H51.08872.16042.42703.14421.78532.5342
H61.08872.16042.42703.14421.78532.5342
H72.17981.09993.79992.03582.53422.5342

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.143 C1 C2 H7 111.641
C2 C1 Cl3 111.096 C2 C1 H5 110.759
C2 C1 H6 110.759 Cl3 C1 H5 106.970
Cl3 C1 H6 106.970 O4 C2 H7 122.216
H5 C1 H6 110.151
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability