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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CISD/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1070.943686
Energy at 298.15K-1070.946162
HF Energy-1070.577316
Nuclear repulsion energy256.166663
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/6-31G
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' 3281 3077 0.38      
2 A' 3148 2953 28.41      
3 A' 1774 1664 90.79      
4 A' 1471 1379 5.54      
5 A' 1290 1210 10.95      
6 A' 1120 1050 22.83      
7 A' 779 731 28.94      
8 A' 432 405 6.37      
9 A' 328 308 29.30      
10 A' 250 235 1.75      
11 A" 1284 1204 29.30      
12 A" 1056 990 24.84      
13 A" 704 660 102.78      
14 A" 287 269 1.96      
15 A" 75 70 12.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8639.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9378) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8102.4 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 CISD/6-31G
ABC
0.09823 0.09073 0.04954

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.391 0.022 0.000
C2 -0.176 1.426 0.000
H3 1.475 0.028 0.000
Cl4 -0.176 -0.869 1.527
Cl5 -0.176 -0.869 -1.527
O6 0.558 2.415 0.000
H7 -1.267 1.501 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51471.08371.85621.85622.39882.2222
C21.51472.16312.75662.75661.23111.0942
H31.08372.16312.42062.42062.55653.1125
Cl41.85622.75662.42063.05373.69483.0229
Cl51.85622.75662.42063.05373.69483.0229
O62.39881.23112.55653.69483.69482.0417
H72.22221.09423.11253.02293.02292.0417

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.425 C1 C2 H7 115.872
C2 C1 H3 111.636 C2 C1 Cl4 109.309
C2 C1 Cl5 109.309 H3 C1 Cl4 107.947
H3 C1 Cl5 107.947 Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.685
O6 C2 H7 122.702
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1070.941462
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.574626
Nuclear repulsion energy258.910623
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/6-31G
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 3240 3038 2.85      
2 A 3122 2928 29.18      
3 A 1783 1672 81.74      
4 A 1473 1382 13.75      
5 A 1327 1245 8.83      
6 A 1280 1200 17.12      
7 A 1080 1013 12.11      
8 A 988 926 3.56      
9 A 820 769 70.42      
10 A 625 586 38.31      
11 A 599 562 34.71      
12 A 351 329 1.15      
13 A 265 249 4.36      
14 A 227 213 3.21      
15 A 79 74 16.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8628.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9378) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8091.9 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/6-31G
ABC
0.11995 0.08353 0.05190

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.081 -0.066 0.527
C2 -0.688 -1.326 0.162
H3 0.201 0.024 1.603
Cl4 1.811 -0.219 -0.161
Cl5 -0.741 1.470 -0.059
O6 -1.826 -1.334 -0.297
H7 -0.139 -2.252 0.370

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52061.08671.86731.83742.43462.2023
C21.52062.16542.75182.80471.22761.0962
H31.08672.16542.40022.39543.09302.6105
Cl41.86732.75182.40023.06143.80662.8658
Cl51.83742.80472.39543.06143.01623.7938
O62.43461.22763.09303.80663.01622.0333
H72.20231.09622.61052.86583.79382.0333

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.372 C1 C2 H7 113.630
C2 C1 H3 111.211 C2 C1 Cl4 108.196
C2 C1 Cl5 112.936 H3 C1 Cl4 105.627
H3 C1 Cl5 107.196 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.449
O6 C2 H7 121.983
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability