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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G(2df,p)

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(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.561504
Energy at 298.15K-612.564833
HF Energy-611.831683
Nuclear repulsion energy143.352592
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(2df,p)
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 3223 3052 0.17      
2 A 3140 2974 6.39      
3 A 3026 2866 44.92      
4 A 1880 1781 120.09      
5 A 1489 1410 8.44      
6 A 1446 1369 6.45      
7 A 1302 1233 16.85      
8 A 1213 1149 5.22      
9 A 1079 1022 26.53      
10 A 1052 997 2.31      
11 A 854 809 19.88      
12 A 733 694 12.05      
13 A 470 445 10.78      
14 A 293 278 9.76      
15 A 65 61 13.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10631.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10070.1 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(2df,p)
ABC
0.97401 0.09201 0.08785

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.688 0.140
C2 1.161 -0.303 0.234
Cl3 -1.529 -0.177 -0.085
O4 2.238 -0.087 -0.246
H5 -0.059 1.257 1.068
H6 0.174 1.364 -0.696
H7 0.935 -1.230 0.790

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51871.78282.38711.09101.08742.2250
C21.51872.71161.19912.14822.14901.1042
Cl31.78282.71163.77172.35552.37702.8194
O42.38711.19913.77172.96772.56302.0189
H51.09102.14822.35552.96771.78272.6926
H61.08742.14902.37702.56301.78273.0852
H72.22501.10422.81942.01892.69263.0852

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.445 C1 C2 H7 115.148
C2 C1 Cl3 110.181 C2 C1 H5 109.717
C2 C1 H6 109.990 Cl3 C1 H5 107.656
Cl3 C1 H6 109.425 O4 C2 H7 122.402
H5 C1 H6 109.836
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.560553
Energy at 298.15K-612.564048
HF Energy-611.829676
Nuclear repulsion energy147.293284
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(2df,p)
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' 3125 2960 12.70      
2 A' 2985 2827 73.44      
3 A' 1896 1796 99.98      
4 A' 1482 1404 18.11      
5 A' 1442 1366 17.39      
6 A' 1346 1275 14.48      
7 A' 978 926 5.37      
8 A' 799 757 6.76      
9 A' 654 619 41.75      
10 A' 219 208 2.94      
11 A" 3181 3013 0.37      
12 A" 1235 1170 1.50      
13 A" 1060 1004 0.63      
14 A" 715 677 1.30      
15 A" 168 159 1.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10641.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10079.4 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(2df,p)
ABC
0.50632 0.12895 0.10478

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.926 0.000
C2 1.363 0.263 0.000
Cl3 -1.337 -0.231 0.000
O4 1.566 -0.916 0.000
H5 -0.083 1.564 0.882
H6 -0.083 1.564 -0.882
H7 2.192 0.998 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51611.76852.41771.09181.09182.1935
C21.51612.74561.19632.13592.13591.1076
Cl31.76852.74562.98292.36112.36113.7374
O42.41771.19632.98293.10593.10592.0136
H51.09182.13592.36113.10591.76442.5049
H61.09182.13592.36113.10591.76442.5049
H72.19351.10763.73742.01362.50492.5049

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.682 C1 C2 H7 112.514
C2 C1 Cl3 113.195 C2 C1 H5 108.882
C2 C1 H6 108.882 Cl3 C1 H5 108.972
Cl3 C1 H6 108.972 O4 C2 H7 121.804
H5 C1 H6 107.800
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability