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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.665520
Energy at 298.15K-1071.668101
HF Energy-1070.725224
Nuclear repulsion energy265.340451
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3217 3023 1.75      
2 A' 3030 2848 32.76      
3 A' 1805 1696 103.13      
4 A' 1420 1335 2.16      
5 A' 1235 1161 5.65      
6 A' 1101 1034 24.82      
7 A' 816 767 19.77      
8 A' 450 423 3.75      
9 A' 325 306 21.53      
10 A' 262 246 1.96      
11 A" 1265 1189 23.08      
12 A" 1032 970 19.65      
13 A" 797 749 98.28      
14 A" 298 280 3.16      
15 A" 86 81 6.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8568.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8053.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.10710 0.09620 0.05340

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.340 0.205 0.000
C2 -0.931 1.032 0.000
H3 1.218 0.844 0.000
Cl4 0.340 -0.782 1.459
Cl5 0.340 -0.782 -1.459
O6 -0.924 2.235 0.000
H7 -1.850 0.421 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51691.08521.76161.76162.39142.2013
C21.51692.15752.65262.65261.20321.1033
H31.08522.15752.35402.35402.55403.0971
Cl41.76162.65262.35402.91863.58172.8940
Cl51.76162.65262.35402.91863.58172.8940
O62.39141.20322.55403.58173.58172.0368
H72.20131.10333.09712.89402.89402.0368

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.665 C1 C2 H7 113.361
C2 C1 H3 110.930 C2 C1 Cl4 107.777
C2 C1 Cl5 107.777 H3 C1 Cl4 109.244
H3 C1 Cl5 109.244 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.866
O6 C2 H7 123.974
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.663551
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.722468
Nuclear repulsion energy268.285857
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3171 2981 3.89 66.62 0.23 0.37
2 A 3020 2838 43.29 111.61 0.30 0.46
3 A 1811 1702 82.30 8.60 0.43 0.60
4 A 1413 1329 12.12 4.71 0.57 0.73
5 A 1290 1212 13.59 3.26 0.70 0.82
6 A 1245 1170 11.38 6.50 0.72 0.84
7 A 1056 993 14.88 1.71 0.39 0.56
8 A 961 904 5.96 4.98 0.63 0.77
9 A 860 809 72.76 5.04 0.73 0.84
10 A 675 634 25.51 9.85 0.06 0.12
11 A 643 604 29.84 4.52 0.53 0.70
12 A 354 332 1.36 2.12 0.20 0.34
13 A 284 267 3.37 3.83 0.63 0.77
14 A 226 212 2.63 0.97 0.68 0.81
15 A 97 91 8.54 1.44 0.73 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8553.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8039.1 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.12629 0.09142 0.05650

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.106 -0.013 0.530
C2 -0.691 -1.273 0.215
H3 0.243 0.078 1.606
Cl4 1.714 -0.244 -0.175
Cl5 -0.685 1.426 -0.057
O6 -1.758 -1.284 -0.334
H7 -0.173 -2.188 0.551

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52411.08871.77161.74402.41622.1936
C21.52412.15262.64492.71351.20071.1039
H31.08872.15262.33282.33383.10252.5346
Cl41.77162.64492.33282.92603.62862.8051
Cl51.74402.71352.33382.92602.92823.7013
O62.41621.20073.10253.62862.92822.0288
H72.19361.10392.53462.80513.70132.0288

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.505 C1 C2 H7 112.185
C2 C1 H3 109.833 C2 C1 Cl4 106.508
C2 C1 Cl5 112.085 H3 C1 Cl4 106.855
H3 C1 Cl5 108.737 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.671
O6 C2 H7 123.310
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability