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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: G2

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at G2
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.869740
Energy at 298.15K-1071.863267
HF Energy-1070.701387
Nuclear repulsion energy264.792831
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 HF/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' 3388 3192 1.49      
2 A' 3238 3051 38.11      
3 A' 2046 1927 216.41      
4 A' 1538 1449 9.26      
5 A' 1360 1281 14.73      
6 A' 1168 1100 25.31      
7 A' 862 813 36.98      
8 A' 474 447 6.66      
9 A' 359 338 30.93      
10 A' 280 264 2.27      
11 A" 1388 1308 40.51      
12 A" 1141 1075 17.76      
13 A" 821 774 135.48      
14 A" 308 290 2.87      
15 A" 85 80 12.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9227.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8694.4 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.10574 0.09504 0.05271

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.382 -0.024 0.000
C2 -0.172 1.391 0.000
H3 1.470 0.004 0.000
Cl4 -0.172 -0.841 1.469
Cl5 -0.172 -0.841 -1.469
O6 0.552 2.368 0.000
H7 -1.276 1.450 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.51981.08851.77011.77012.39852.2183
C21.51982.14992.67262.67261.21641.1049
H31.08852.14992.35992.35992.53683.1034
Cl41.77012.67262.35992.93833.60362.9374
Cl51.77012.67262.35992.93833.60362.9374
O62.39851.21642.53683.60363.60362.0451
H72.21831.10493.10342.93742.93742.0451

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.619 C1 C2 H7 115.038
C2 C1 H3 110.086 C2 C1 Cl4 109.039
C2 C1 Cl5 109.039 H3 C1 Cl4 108.524
H3 C1 Cl5 108.524 Cl4 C1 Cl5 111.619
O6 C2 H7 123.342
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at G2
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1071.866746
Energy at 298.15K-1071.860315
HF Energy-1070.698677
Nuclear repulsion energy267.364160
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 HF/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 3329 3136 5.88 77.83 0.27 0.43
2 A 3219 3033 45.77 109.94 0.33 0.49
3 A 2056 1937 183.73 15.67 0.48 0.65
4 A 1537 1448 25.29 3.41 0.62 0.76
5 A 1423 1341 9.88 4.53 0.75 0.85
6 A 1374 1294 24.19 9.95 0.73 0.84
7 A 1151 1084 8.88 3.41 0.52 0.68
8 A 1038 978 11.03 7.51 0.63 0.77
9 A 909 856 97.13 12.30 0.73 0.85
10 A 704 663 50.50 13.20 0.13 0.23
11 A 661 623 34.52 7.70 0.44 0.61
12 A 381 359 0.98 3.73 0.25 0.40
13 A 301 283 4.25 4.56 0.65 0.79
14 A 241 227 3.92 1.29 0.72 0.83
15 A 87 82 16.16 2.10 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9204.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8672.6 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.12656 0.08911 0.05530

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.107 -0.029 0.513
C2 -0.725 -1.268 0.180
H3 0.226 0.043 1.596
Cl4 1.733 -0.278 -0.166
Cl5 -0.650 1.446 -0.057
O6 -1.838 -1.238 -0.301
H7 -0.211 -2.212 0.439

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.52901.09231.77891.75352.43052.2073
C21.52902.15142.67192.72581.21361.1054
H31.09232.15142.34042.33843.08252.5724
Cl41.77892.67192.34042.94323.70012.8078
Cl51.75352.72582.33842.94322.94503.7179
O62.43051.21363.08253.70012.94502.0364
H72.20731.10542.57242.80783.71792.0364

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.353 C1 C2 H7 112.890
C2 C1 H3 108.896 C2 C1 Cl4 108.247
C2 C1 Cl5 112.846 H3 C1 Cl4 106.410
H3 C1 Cl5 107.839 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.360
O6 C2 H7 122.743
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability