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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.911361
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.911361
Nuclear repulsion energy265.407974
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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3110 3000 5.22 81.91 0.15 0.26
2 A 2952 2847 47.81 141.13 0.28 0.44
3 A 1840 1775 148.89 20.91 0.39 0.56
4 A 1376 1327 11.94 2.67 0.37 0.54
5 A 1244 1199 10.93 2.10 0.74 0.85
6 A 1190 1148 9.58 4.85 0.67 0.80
7 A 1027 991 14.76 1.45 0.41 0.58
8 A 931 898 6.77 3.51 0.51 0.68
9 A 805 777 79.76 5.89 0.68 0.81
10 A 645 622 37.59 13.38 0.07 0.14
11 A 610 588 32.84 6.55 0.38 0.55
12 A 338 326 1.82 3.40 0.13 0.23
13 A 272 263 3.59 3.40 0.62 0.76
14 A 213 206 2.85 1.07 0.65 0.78
15 A 87 84 10.13 1.39 0.72 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8319.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9646) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8025.2 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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.12297 0.08953 0.05495

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.093 -0.022 0.520
C2 -0.708 -1.286 0.200
H3 0.226 0.065 1.606
Cl4 1.736 -0.256 -0.169
Cl5 -0.681 1.454 -0.058
O6 -1.787 -1.297 -0.322
H7 -0.179 -2.215 0.512

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52981.09761.79771.76432.42242.2100
C21.52982.16232.67752.75241.19911.1139
H31.09762.16232.35282.35003.10262.5618
Cl41.79772.67752.35282.96333.67722.8230
Cl51.76432.75242.35002.96332.97673.7474
O62.42241.19913.10263.67722.97672.0314
H72.21001.11392.56182.82303.74742.0314

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.717 C1 C2 H7 112.471
C2 C1 H3 109.673 C2 C1 Cl4 106.877
C2 C1 Cl5 113.153 H3 C1 Cl4 106.177
H3 C1 Cl5 108.131 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.591
O6 C2 H7 122.811
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.665      
2 C 1.019      
3 H 0.104      
4 Cl 0.049      
5 Cl 0.053      
6 O -0.418      
7 H -0.143      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.324 -0.710 1.955 2.466
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.685 -2.218 -1.370
y -2.218 -41.712 -1.675
z -1.370 -1.675 -40.311
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.673 -2.218 -1.370
y -2.218 2.285 -1.675
z -1.370 -1.675 4.388
Polar
3z2-r28.776
x2-y2-5.972
xy-2.218
xz-1.370
yz-1.675


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.759 -0.529 0.223
y -0.529 8.751 -0.224
z 0.223 -0.224 6.498


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 186.266
(<r2>)1/2 13.648