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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-605.123827
Energy at 298.15K-605.126990
HF Energy-604.936063
Nuclear repulsion energy138.715923
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/STO-3G
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 3524 3073 0.13      
2 A 3396 2961 0.13      
3 A 3325 2899 22.92      
4 A 1743 1520 19.62      
5 A 1651 1439 1.26      
6 A 1489 1299 10.06      
7 A 1398 1219 20.85      
8 A 1276 1113 7.17      
9 A 1098 958 13.19      
10 A 1016 886 1.67      
11 A 932 812 14.49      
12 A 784 684 5.02      
13 A 461 402 5.24      
14 A 285 249 5.66      
15 A 73 63 5.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11225.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9787.4 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
0.81209 0.08756 0.08421

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 0.749 0.111
C2 1.212 -0.215 0.352
Cl3 -1.556 -0.216 -0.090
O4 2.274 -0.171 -0.326
H5 -0.152 1.422 0.982
H6 0.144 1.356 -0.805
H7 1.044 -0.946 1.188

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.57371.83492.49851.10981.10892.2674
C21.57372.80231.26082.22132.22441.1225
Cl31.83492.80233.83662.40892.42312.9872
O42.49851.26083.83663.18232.66362.0986
H51.10982.22132.40893.18231.81222.6605
H61.10892.22442.42312.66361.81223.1749
H72.26741.12252.98722.09862.66053.1749

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 123.264 C1 C2 H7 113.427
C2 C1 Cl3 110.365 C2 C1 H5 110.552
C2 C1 H6 110.846 Cl3 C1 H5 107.197
Cl3 C1 H6 108.259 O4 C2 H7 123.309
H5 C1 H6 109.524
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-605.123296
Energy at 298.15K-605.126507
HF Energy-604.934719
Nuclear repulsion energy142.571343
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/STO-3G
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' 3391 2957 0.53      
2 A' 3302 2879 26.97      
3 A' 1755 1530 27.64      
4 A' 1655 1443 6.43      
5 A' 1480 1290 32.11      
6 A' 1423 1240 3.30      
7 A' 1031 899 4.79      
8 A' 840 733 7.95      
9 A' 654 570 22.40      
10 A' 194 169 0.62      
11 A" 3510 3060 0.00      
12 A" 1282 1118 0.11      
13 A" 1044 910 0.24      
14 A" 749 653 1.16      
15 A" 121 106 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11214.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9778.2 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
0.46027 0.12318 0.09904

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.979 0.000
C2 1.409 0.275 0.000
Cl3 -1.367 -0.237 0.000
O4 1.593 -0.970 0.000
H5 -0.106 1.618 0.901
H6 -0.106 1.618 -0.901
H7 2.248 1.023 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.57521.82902.51671.11001.11002.2489
C21.57522.82301.25832.21642.21641.1240
Cl31.82902.82303.04932.41652.41653.8285
O42.51671.25833.04933.22413.22412.0977
H51.11002.21642.41653.22411.80282.5906
H61.11002.21642.41653.22411.80282.5906
H72.24891.12403.82852.09772.59062.5906

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 124.922 C1 C2 H7 111.760
C2 C1 Cl3 111.832 C2 C1 H5 110.052
C2 C1 H6 110.052 Cl3 C1 H5 108.112
Cl3 C1 H6 108.112 O4 C2 H7 123.318
H5 C1 H6 108.593
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability