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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.690390
Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.687465
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.392539
Nuclear repulsion energy265.456989
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
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 3139 3139 5.46 80.77 0.21 0.34
2 A 2971 2971 59.81 148.23 0.32 0.48
3 A 1821 1821 128.58 13.24 0.56 0.72
4 A 1411 1411 15.53 4.13 0.46 0.63
5 A 1283 1283 18.96 4.57 0.68 0.81
6 A 1249 1249 10.97 8.12 0.75 0.86
7 A 1039 1039 14.68 2.39 0.47 0.64
8 A 942 942 11.52 5.43 0.64 0.78
9 A 813 813 84.20 7.22 0.72 0.84
10 A 648 648 38.38 9.11 0.10 0.18
11 A 618 618 38.06 7.73 0.45 0.62
12 A 347 347 1.80 3.25 0.25 0.40
13 A 280 280 2.68 6.13 0.65 0.79
14 A 223 223 2.51 1.79 0.71 0.83
15 A 88 88 10.23 2.28 0.73 0.84

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8435.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8435.7 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
ABC
0.12369 0.08909 0.05488

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.098 -0.024 0.518
C2 -0.715 -1.285 0.196
H3 0.226 0.057 1.596
Cl4 1.740 -0.258 -0.168
Cl5 -0.680 1.452 -0.057
O6 -1.795 -1.286 -0.320
H7 -0.192 -2.209 0.505

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53421.08831.79561.76462.42472.2039
C21.53422.15522.68642.74881.19731.1057
H31.08832.15522.34632.34453.09182.5493
Cl41.79562.68642.34632.96543.68552.8272
Cl51.76462.74882.34452.96542.96863.7357
O62.42471.19733.09183.68552.96862.0255
H72.20391.10572.54932.82723.73572.0255

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 124.710 C1 C2 H7 112.177
C2 C1 H3 109.352 C2 C1 Cl4 107.304
C2 C1 Cl5 112.689 H3 C1 Cl4 106.293
H3 C1 Cl5 108.180 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.800
O6 C2 H7 123.111
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.341      
2 C 0.225      
3 H 0.223      
4 Cl -0.014      
5 Cl 0.015      
6 O -0.220      
7 H 0.113      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.084 -0.895 1.957 2.410
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.275 -1.965 -1.219
y -1.965 -42.401 -1.526
z -1.219 -1.526 -40.976
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.586 -1.965 -1.219
y -1.965 2.224 -1.526
z -1.219 -1.526 4.362
Polar
3z2-r28.725
x2-y2-5.874
xy-1.965
xz-1.219
yz-1.526


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.015 -0.870 0.127
y -0.870 6.896 -0.406
z 0.127 -0.406 4.369


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 186.759
(<r2>)1/2 13.666