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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-609.278786
Energy at 298.15K-609.282140
HF Energy-608.870342
Nuclear repulsion energy141.916167
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 3249 3036 0.41      
2 A 3174 2966 5.48      
3 A 3078 2876 53.63      
4 A 1784 1667 79.82      
5 A 1564 1462 12.35      
6 A 1492 1394 4.47      
7 A 1358 1268 14.32      
8 A 1265 1182 4.81      
9 A 1082 1011 1.76      
10 A 1045 976 37.63      
11 A 841 786 11.37      
12 A 735 687 21.95      
13 A 463 433 10.76      
14 A 303 283 9.95      
15 A 74 69 13.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10753.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10047.7 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
0.94237 0.09037 0.08629

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 0.013 0.708 0.134
C2 1.163 -0.291 0.252
Cl3 -1.540 -0.184 -0.086
O4 2.264 -0.105 -0.253
H5 -0.074 1.297 1.047
H6 0.176 1.358 -0.720
H7 0.920 -1.182 0.840

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52711.80522.42401.08921.08572.2121
C21.52712.72621.22552.16392.15341.0955
Cl31.80522.72623.80882.37172.39312.8122
O42.42401.22553.80883.02022.59222.0400
H51.08922.16392.37173.02021.78482.6790
H61.08572.15342.39312.59221.78483.0728
H72.21211.09552.81222.04002.67903.0728

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 123.059 C1 C2 H7 114.004
C2 C1 Cl3 109.508 C2 C1 H5 110.480
C2 C1 H6 109.853 Cl3 C1 H5 107.458
Cl3 C1 H6 109.198 O4 C2 H7 122.931
H5 C1 H6 110.297
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-609.278740
Energy at 298.15K-609.282274
HF Energy-608.869626
Nuclear repulsion energy146.209373
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' 3157 2950 10.39      
2 A' 3037 2838 76.03      
3 A' 1802 1684 59.95      
4 A' 1562 1459 24.52      
5 A' 1487 1390 14.34      
6 A' 1371 1281 18.31      
7 A' 955 893 8.54      
8 A' 789 737 4.27      
9 A' 643 601 43.16      
10 A' 230 215 2.92      
11 A" 3206 2995 0.54      
12 A" 1291 1206 2.35      
13 A" 1096 1024 0.71      
14 A" 771 721 4.15      
15 A" 173 161 0.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10784.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10077.3 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.48569 0.12926 0.10409

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 0.952 0.000
C2 1.366 0.274 0.000
Cl3 -1.335 -0.239 0.000
O4 1.563 -0.932 0.000
H5 -0.093 1.580 0.887
H6 -0.093 1.580 -0.887
H7 2.186 1.005 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52451.78962.44801.09021.09022.1868
C21.52452.74901.22232.14902.14901.0988
Cl31.78962.74902.97952.37442.37443.7346
O42.44801.22232.97953.13643.13642.0348
H51.09022.14902.37443.13641.77352.5123
H61.09022.14902.37443.13641.77352.5123
H72.18681.09883.73462.03482.51232.5123

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.693 C1 C2 H7 111.915
C2 C1 Cl3 111.841 C2 C1 H5 109.418
C2 C1 H6 109.418 Cl3 C1 H5 108.630
Cl3 C1 H6 108.630 O4 C2 H7 122.392
H5 C1 H6 108.849
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability