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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-311G**

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 QCISD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.578061
Energy at 298.15K-1071.580660
HF Energy-1070.788865
Nuclear repulsion energy263.347161
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 QCISD/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' 3198 3051 1.87      
2 A' 3010 2872 45.77      
3 A' 1836 1752 134.67      
4 A' 1436 1370 4.69      
5 A' 1256 1199 13.67      
6 A' 1094 1044 25.79      
7 A' 817 779 21.96      
8 A' 448 427 5.05      
9 A' 335 320 21.99      
10 A' 268 256 1.84      
11 A" 1312 1252 29.32      
12 A" 1041 994 21.48      
13 A" 784 748 106.88      
14 A" 294 281 2.55      
15 A" 82 79 8.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8605.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9541) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8210.9 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 QCISD/6-311G**
ABC
0.10509 0.09490 0.05250

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.384 -0.023 0.000
C2 -0.171 1.401 0.000
H3 1.471 0.006 0.000
Cl4 -0.171 -0.843 1.474
Cl5 -0.171 -0.843 -1.474
O6 0.544 2.367 0.000
H7 -1.276 1.457 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52861.08721.77591.77592.39512.2243
C21.52862.15512.68472.68471.20181.1064
H31.08722.15512.36442.36442.53673.1071
Cl41.77592.68472.36442.94803.60372.9465
Cl51.77592.68472.36442.94803.60372.9465
O62.39511.20182.53673.60373.60372.0350
H72.22431.10643.10712.94652.94652.0350

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 122.164 C1 C2 H7 114.202
C2 C1 H3 109.804 C2 C1 Cl4 108.443
C2 C1 Cl5 108.443 H3 C1 Cl4 108.966
H3 C1 Cl5 108.966 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.199
O6 C2 H7 123.635
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.575210
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1070.785716
Nuclear repulsion energy265.969812
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 QCISD/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 3147 3003 6.59      
2 A 2995 2858 59.42      
3 A 1844 1760 120.75      
4 A 1430 1365 17.07      
5 A 1311 1251 20.96      
6 A 1278 1219 10.60      
7 A 1056 1007 13.86      
8 A 962 918 8.14      
9 A 855 816 75.03      
10 A 665 635 32.23      
11 A 633 604 29.73      
12 A 355 339 1.02      
13 A 288 275 2.55      
14 A 228 218 2.78      
15 A 84 80 10.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8566.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9541) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8173.4 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 QCISD/6-311G**
ABC
0.12418 0.08948 0.05510

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.103 -0.024 0.516
C2 -0.730 -1.276 0.194
H3 0.222 0.046 1.598
Cl4 1.732 -0.277 -0.168
Cl5 -0.656 1.457 -0.057
O6 -1.815 -1.262 -0.316
H7 -0.219 -2.210 0.497

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53751.09101.78441.75952.42972.2095
C21.53752.15072.68112.74451.19891.1074
H31.09102.15072.34542.34503.08652.5487
Cl41.78442.68112.34542.95263.68392.8257
Cl51.75952.74452.34502.95262.96673.7337
O62.42971.19893.08653.68392.96672.0266
H72.20951.10742.54872.82573.73372.0266

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.770 C1 C2 H7 112.295
C2 C1 H3 108.626 C2 C1 Cl4 107.394
C2 C1 Cl5 112.526 H3 C1 Cl4 106.812
H3 C1 Cl5 108.416 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.846
O6 C2 H7 122.932
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability