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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCHO (chloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.675332
Energy at 298.15K-612.678673
HF Energy-611.907166
Nuclear repulsion energy143.491821
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/cc-pVTZ
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 3195 2983 0.59      
2 A 3115 2908 8.12      
3 A 3007 2808 49.28      
4 A 1867 1743 133.20      
5 A 1482 1384 8.82      
6 A 1439 1343 5.39      
7 A 1297 1211 17.35      
8 A 1215 1135 5.82      
9 A 1081 1010 27.47      
10 A 1050 980 1.95      
11 A 850 794 18.85      
12 A 732 683 12.42      
13 A 473 441 11.08      
14 A 292 272 10.17      
15 A 66 62 14.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10579.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9337) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9877.9 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 CCD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.98595 0.09203 0.08785

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.016 0.684 0.139
C2 1.158 -0.305 0.228
Cl3 -1.530 -0.175 -0.083
O4 2.239 -0.084 -0.241
H5 -0.050 1.248 1.067
H6 0.175 1.361 -0.693
H7 0.934 -1.239 0.768

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51361.78262.38271.08811.08432.2217
C21.51362.70901.19912.13882.14301.1013
Cl31.78262.70903.77352.35372.37452.8156
O42.38271.19913.77352.95382.56052.0134
H51.08812.13882.35372.95381.77812.6908
H61.08432.14302.37452.56051.77813.0775
H72.22171.10132.81562.01342.69083.0775

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.470 C1 C2 H7 115.440
C2 C1 Cl3 110.282 C2 C1 H5 109.501
C2 C1 H6 110.061 Cl3 C1 H5 107.678
Cl3 C1 H6 109.414 O4 C2 H7 122.083
H5 C1 H6 109.868
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS eclipsed, cis)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.673520
Energy at 298.15K-612.677009
HF Energy-611.904513
Nuclear repulsion energy147.284533
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 3098 2893 17.78      
2 A' 2961 2765 82.74      
3 A' 1884 1759 116.36      
4 A' 1471 1373 20.29      
5 A' 1437 1342 16.03      
6 A' 1339 1250 13.72      
7 A' 978 913 5.80      
8 A' 795 742 6.33      
9 A' 651 608 43.05      
10 A' 216 202 3.00      
11 A" 3149 2940 1.18      
12 A" 1235 1153 1.91      
13 A" 1056 986 0.21      
14 A" 713 666 1.21      
15 A" 164 153 1.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10573.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9337) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9872.6 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.51083 0.12811 0.10440

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.920 0.000
C2 1.362 0.265 0.000
Cl3 -1.342 -0.231 0.000
O4 1.576 -0.912 0.000
H5 -0.080 1.556 0.880
H6 -0.080 1.556 -0.880
H7 2.187 1.001 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51171.76762.41631.08911.08912.1884
C21.51172.74931.19592.12672.12671.1051
Cl31.76762.74932.99622.35842.35843.7374
O42.41631.19592.99623.09983.09982.0078
H51.08912.12672.35843.09981.75992.4941
H61.08912.12672.35843.09981.75992.4941
H72.18841.10513.73742.00782.49412.4941

picture of chloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 125.963 C1 C2 H7 112.572
C2 C1 Cl3 113.709 C2 C1 H5 108.619
C2 C1 H6 108.619 Cl3 C1 H5 108.968
Cl3 C1 H6 108.968 O4 C2 H7 121.465
H5 C1 H6 107.798
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability