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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G**

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 MP2=FULL/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.596563
Energy at 298.15K-612.599917
HF Energy-611.874935
Nuclear repulsion energy143.290581
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/6-311G**
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 3214 3049 1.05      
2 A 3127 2966 9.66      
3 A 2998 2844 70.82      
4 A 1789 1697 102.65      
5 A 1472 1396 7.72      
6 A 1438 1364 7.26      
7 A 1317 1249 22.18      
8 A 1219 1156 6.75      
9 A 1082 1027 30.65      
10 A 1057 1003 1.81      
11 A 859 815 18.07      
12 A 734 697 11.97      
13 A 470 446 9.96      
14 A 299 283 8.50      
15 A 69 65 12.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10571.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10027.8 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.96770 0.09200 0.08803

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.008 0.685 0.144
C2 1.158 -0.297 0.245
Cl3 -1.527 -0.177 -0.088
O4 2.238 -0.089 -0.256
H5 -0.060 1.251 1.076
H6 0.180 1.361 -0.692
H7 0.943 -1.211 0.832

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51621.77582.39521.09241.08862.2239
C21.51622.70851.20902.13782.14081.1073
Cl31.77582.70853.77042.35532.37632.8316
O42.39521.20903.77042.97572.55522.0296
H51.09242.13782.35532.97571.78762.6702
H61.08862.14082.37632.55521.78763.0854
H72.22391.10732.83162.02962.67023.0854

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.625 C1 C2 H7 115.036
C2 C1 Cl3 110.477 C2 C1 H5 108.995
C2 C1 H6 109.452 Cl3 C1 H5 108.026
Cl3 C1 H6 109.777 O4 C2 H7 122.327
H5 C1 H6 110.095
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.595288
Energy at 298.15K-612.598779
HF Energy-611.872646
Nuclear repulsion energy147.024726
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/6-311G**
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' 3110 2950 18.86      
2 A' 2953 2801 109.22      
3 A' 1808 1715 98.10      
4 A' 1460 1385 19.05      
5 A' 1423 1350 11.69      
6 A' 1347 1278 27.86      
7 A' 979 929 4.65      
8 A' 798 757 9.79      
9 A' 657 623 38.49      
10 A' 219 208 2.62      
11 A" 3169 3006 1.69      
12 A" 1234 1171 4.91      
13 A" 1062 1008 1.00      
14 A" 703 667 1.54      
15 A" 165 156 0.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10544.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10002.0 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.50793 0.12788 0.10415

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.920 0.000
C2 1.363 0.256 0.000
Cl3 -1.343 -0.219 0.000
O4 1.575 -0.930 0.000
H5 -0.067 1.559 0.885
H6 -0.067 1.559 -0.885
H7 2.188 1.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51561.76092.42961.09341.09342.1899
C21.51562.74731.20542.12652.12651.1111
Cl31.76092.74733.00352.36092.36093.7359
O42.42961.20543.00353.11023.11022.0252
H51.09342.12652.36093.11021.76902.4859
H61.09342.12652.36093.11021.76902.4859
H72.18991.11113.73592.02522.48592.4859

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 126.100 C1 C2 H7 112.042
C2 C1 Cl3 113.746 C2 C1 H5 108.097
C2 C1 H6 108.097 Cl3 C1 H5 109.373
Cl3 C1 H6 109.373 O4 C2 H7 121.858
H5 C1 H6 107.993
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability