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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CISD/6-311G*

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 CISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.432365
Energy at 298.15K-1071.435048
HF Energy-1070.787096
Nuclear repulsion energy264.950943
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/6-311G*
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' 3292 3046 1.90      
2 A' 3121 2888 40.59      
3 A' 1947 1802 176.53      
4 A' 1485 1374 7.03      
5 A' 1309 1212 12.47      
6 A' 1137 1052 26.39      
7 A' 846 783 27.04      
8 A' 466 431 6.14      
9 A' 347 321 24.92      
10 A' 276 256 1.97      
11 A" 1355 1253 29.28      
12 A" 1088 1007 23.25      
13 A" 815 754 116.21      
14 A" 302 280 3.13      
15 A" 86 80 9.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8935.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9253) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8268.3 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 CISD/6-311G*
ABC
0.10632 0.09604 0.05311

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.381 -0.019 0.000
C2 -0.170 1.397 0.000
H3 1.461 0.006 0.000
Cl4 -0.170 -0.839 1.466
Cl5 -0.170 -0.839 -1.466
O6 0.539 2.349 0.000
H7 -1.266 1.463 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51961.07971.76741.76742.37402.2156
C21.51962.14332.67332.67331.18741.0979
H31.07972.14332.34952.34952.51853.0913
Cl41.76742.67332.34952.93123.58002.9405
Cl51.76742.67332.34952.93123.58002.9405
O62.37401.18742.51853.58003.58002.0108
H72.21561.09793.09132.94052.94052.0108

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.083 C1 C2 H7 114.707
C2 C1 H3 109.944 C2 C1 Cl4 108.609
C2 C1 Cl5 108.609 H3 C1 Cl4 108.813
H3 C1 Cl5 108.813 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.041
O6 C2 H7 123.210
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.429356
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.783915
Nuclear repulsion energy267.570376
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/6-311G*
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 3239 2997 6.35      
2 A 3104 2872 51.88      
3 A 1957 1811 154.15      
4 A 1481 1370 20.89      
5 A 1365 1263 17.23      
6 A 1332 1232 12.82      
7 A 1104 1021 14.04      
8 A 1000 925 8.29      
9 A 892 825 83.76      
10 A 688 637 37.79      
11 A 656 607 32.15      
12 A 369 341 1.19      
13 A 297 275 3.08      
14 A 236 218 3.24      
15 A 89 82 12.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8902.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9253) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8237.9 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.12560 0.09053 0.05568

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.099 -0.029 0.510
C2 -0.732 -1.268 0.186
H3 0.218 0.043 1.585
Cl4 1.722 -0.279 -0.165
Cl5 -0.647 1.452 -0.056
O6 -1.808 -1.249 -0.309
H7 -0.232 -2.203 0.475

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52721.08371.77571.75162.40772.1995
C21.52722.13962.66962.73171.18441.0989
H31.08372.13962.32982.32913.05952.5452
Cl41.77572.66962.32982.93623.66412.8156
Cl51.75162.73172.32912.93622.95043.7160
O62.40771.18443.05953.66412.95042.0023
H72.19951.09892.54522.81563.71602.0023

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.750 C1 C2 H7 112.745
C2 C1 H3 108.885 C2 C1 Cl4 107.614
C2 C1 Cl5 112.669 H3 C1 Cl4 106.610
H3 C1 Cl5 108.144 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.695
O6 C2 H7 122.500
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability