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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.596044
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.596044
Nuclear repulsion energy266.736171
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 PBE1PBE/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 3132 3002 6.13 81.47 0.21 0.34
2 A 2969 2846 62.92 144.24 0.33 0.49
3 A 1887 1809 157.22 15.77 0.52 0.69
4 A 1410 1351 16.43 3.82 0.55 0.71
5 A 1286 1233 18.01 4.59 0.70 0.83
6 A 1250 1198 9.87 8.50 0.75 0.85
7 A 1041 998 15.98 1.96 0.51 0.68
8 A 946 906 10.19 5.75 0.60 0.75
9 A 825 791 90.37 6.42 0.70 0.83
10 A 657 629 41.14 8.00 0.10 0.19
11 A 625 599 36.13 7.12 0.41 0.58
12 A 347 333 1.89 2.85 0.26 0.42
13 A 281 269 3.04 6.04 0.66 0.79
14 A 222 212 2.59 1.76 0.71 0.83
15 A 91 87 10.40 2.16 0.72 0.83

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8483.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8131.7 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.12468 0.09008 0.05543

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.098 -0.020 0.515
C2 -0.709 -1.279 0.197
H3 0.228 0.064 1.595
Cl4 1.731 -0.254 -0.168
Cl5 -0.680 1.444 -0.057
O6 -1.782 -1.286 -0.318
H7 -0.186 -2.206 0.507

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52871.09111.78531.75442.41432.2039
C21.52872.15302.67132.73581.19001.1085
H31.09112.15302.33832.33653.08522.5505
Cl41.78532.67132.33832.95153.66422.8173
Cl51.75442.73582.33652.95152.95613.7267
O62.41431.19003.08523.66422.95612.0185
H72.20391.10852.55052.81733.72672.0185

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.785 C1 C2 H7 112.400
C2 C1 H3 109.401 C2 C1 Cl4 107.169
C2 C1 Cl5 112.694 H3 C1 Cl4 106.245
H3 C1 Cl5 108.122 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.984
O6 C2 H7 122.814
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.514      
2 C 0.156      
3 H 0.332      
4 Cl 0.007      
5 Cl 0.035      
6 O -0.229      
7 H 0.211      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.135 -0.871 1.996 2.456
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.914 -2.038 -1.193
y -2.038 -42.014 -1.548
z -1.193 -1.548 -40.647
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.583 -2.038 -1.193
y -2.038 2.267 -1.548
z -1.193 -1.548 4.317
Polar
3z2-r28.633
x2-y2-5.900
xy-2.038
xz-1.193
yz-1.548


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.963 -0.843 0.138
y -0.843 6.874 -0.395
z 0.138 -0.395 4.352


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 185.000
(<r2>)1/2 13.601