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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/TZVP

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.537496
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.537496
Nuclear repulsion energy263.624047
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 PBEPBE/TZVP
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 3034 3000 4.08 95.24 0.17 0.29
2 A 2844 2813 61.44 164.80 0.31 0.48
3 A 1777 1757 147.76 23.18 0.37 0.54
4 A 1354 1339 9.78 4.47 0.59 0.75
5 A 1212 1198 15.99 5.43 0.75 0.86
6 A 1168 1155 9.01 7.16 0.72 0.84
7 A 986 975 14.11 2.20 0.53 0.70
8 A 894 884 11.20 5.38 0.56 0.71
9 A 757 748 74.42 5.67 0.64 0.78
10 A 618 611 38.91 9.69 0.12 0.21
11 A 591 584 50.03 9.68 0.46 0.63
12 A 324 321 2.65 2.96 0.18 0.30
13 A 263 260 3.55 6.77 0.63 0.77
14 A 210 208 1.96 2.13 0.73 0.84
15 A 83 82 9.31 2.06 0.67 0.80

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8057.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9888) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7967.4 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 PBEPBE/TZVP
ABC
0.12033 0.08871 0.05431

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.091 -0.006 0.529
C2 -0.659 -1.310 0.221
H3 0.233 0.100 1.613
Cl4 1.754 -0.203 -0.174
Cl5 -0.751 1.443 -0.060
O6 -1.722 -1.383 -0.339
H7 -0.099 -2.208 0.580

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53601.09801.81631.77592.43732.2115
C21.53602.17272.68372.76901.20451.1173
H31.09802.17272.36612.36023.13592.5507
Cl41.81632.68372.36612.99943.67472.8319
Cl51.77592.76902.36022.99943.00143.7637
O62.43731.20453.13593.67473.00142.0399
H72.21151.11732.55072.83193.76372.0399

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 125.154 C1 C2 H7 111.948
C2 C1 H3 110.040 C2 C1 Cl4 106.064
C2 C1 Cl5 113.254 H3 C1 Cl4 105.922
H3 C1 Cl5 108.086 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.219
O6 C2 H7 122.898
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.124      
2 C 0.048      
3 H 0.215      
4 Cl -0.046      
5 Cl -0.013      
6 O -0.182      
7 H 0.103      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.219 -0.553 1.997 2.404
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.338 -2.404 -1.299
y -2.404 -42.223 -1.677
z -1.299 -1.677 -40.437
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.008 -2.404 -1.299
y -2.404 1.665 -1.677
z -1.299 -1.677 4.343
Polar
3z2-r28.686
x2-y2-5.115
xy-2.404
xz-1.299
yz-1.677


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.903 -0.634 0.266
y -0.634 7.640 -0.348
z 0.266 -0.348 5.230


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 188.385
(<r2>)1/2 13.725