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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G*

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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.395942
Energy at 298.15K-612.399218
HF Energy-611.809875
Nuclear repulsion energy142.632622
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 CCD/6-31G*
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 3201 3030 0.75      
2 A 3129 2961 8.46      
3 A 3029 2867 52.07      
4 A 1871 1771 105.39      
5 A 1509 1429 10.77      
6 A 1454 1376 7.40      
7 A 1335 1263 21.56      
8 A 1231 1165 2.38      
9 A 1088 1029 31.90      
10 A 1066 1009 0.86      
11 A 855 809 28.22      
12 A 739 699 7.01      
13 A 473 447 10.34      
14 A 288 272 12.08      
15 A 42 39 18.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10653.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10083.4 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
1.09195 0.08954 0.08504

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.019 0.661 0.130
C2 1.164 -0.342 0.166
Cl3 -1.554 -0.161 -0.072
O4 2.280 -0.052 -0.192
H5 -0.010 1.216 1.073
H6 0.175 1.355 -0.698
H7 0.920 -1.328 0.611

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52201.78692.39211.09501.09142.2356
C21.52202.73471.20762.15172.14581.1092
Cl31.78692.73473.83812.36502.38322.8196
O42.39211.20763.83812.90742.58242.0310
H51.09502.15172.36502.90741.78572.7484
H61.09142.14582.38322.58241.78573.0770
H72.23561.10922.81962.03102.74843.0770

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.991 C1 C2 H7 115.449
C2 C1 Cl3 111.224 C2 C1 H5 109.528
C2 C1 H6 109.278 Cl3 C1 H5 107.877
Cl3 C1 H6 109.396 O4 C2 H7 122.412
H5 C1 H6 109.512
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.394459
Energy at 298.15K-612.397941
HF Energy-611.807524
Nuclear repulsion energy146.798115
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 CCD/6-31G*
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' 3108 2942 15.20      
2 A' 2987 2827 81.60      
3 A' 1886 1785 92.12      
4 A' 1508 1427 17.71      
5 A' 1451 1374 14.85      
6 A' 1377 1303 17.72      
7 A' 994 941 5.15      
8 A' 806 763 6.45      
9 A' 656 621 40.48      
10 A' 225 213 2.88      
11 A" 3161 2991 2.04      
12 A" 1250 1183 2.54      
13 A" 1075 1017 0.97      
14 A" 730 691 1.81      
15 A" 153 145 1.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10683.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10111.5 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.50345 0.12807 0.10409

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.925 0.000
C2 1.365 0.265 0.000
Cl3 -1.342 -0.228 0.000
O4 1.573 -0.925 0.000
H5 -0.081 1.568 0.885
H6 -0.081 1.568 -0.885
H7 2.199 0.998 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51581.76952.42831.09611.09612.1999
C21.51582.75091.20792.13712.13711.1102
Cl31.76952.75092.99692.36592.36593.7467
O42.42831.20792.99693.11903.11902.0217
H51.09612.13712.36593.11901.76912.5105
H61.09612.13712.36593.11901.76912.5105
H72.19991.11023.74672.02172.51052.5105

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.758 C1 C2 H7 112.887
C2 C1 Cl3 113.495 C2 C1 H5 108.750
C2 C1 H6 108.750 Cl3 C1 H5 109.036
Cl3 C1 H6 109.036 O4 C2 H7 121.355
H5 C1 H6 107.608
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability