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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2CHO (dichloroacetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

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 B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.944739
Energy at 298.15K-1072.947082
HF Energy-1072.944739
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 B97D3/6-31G*
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' 3123 3061 1.17      
2 A' 2907 2850 64.37      
3 A' 1786 1751 150.79      
4 A' 1385 1358 3.24      
5 A' 1200 1177 10.22      
6 A' 1023 1003 29.58      
7 A' 742 728 25.94      
8 A' 420 412 4.57      
9 A' 317 310 25.60      
10 A' 247 242 2.20      
11 A" 1236 1212 24.96      
12 A" 982 963 16.25      
13 A" 649 636 158.50      
14 A" 270 264 4.08      
15 A" 82 81 6.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8184.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8024.3 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.10167 0.09376 0.05135

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.391 -0.020 0.000
C2 -0.173 1.409 0.000
H3 1.484 -0.014 0.000
Cl4 -0.173 -0.848 1.499
Cl5 -0.173 -0.848 -1.499
O6 0.549 2.381 0.000
H7 -1.286 1.457 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.53581.09311.80301.80302.40602.2343
C21.53582.18412.70902.70901.21101.1136
H31.09312.18412.38502.38502.57123.1361
Cl41.80302.70902.38502.99813.63222.9659
Cl51.80302.70902.38502.99813.63222.9659
O62.40601.21102.57123.63223.63222.0540
H72.23431.11363.13612.96592.96592.0540

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 121.862 C1 C2 H7 114.034
C2 C1 H3 111.247 C2 C1 Cl4 108.191
C2 C1 Cl5 108.191 H3 C1 Cl4 108.376
H3 C1 Cl5 108.376 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.493
O6 C2 H7 124.104
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.385      
2 C 0.277      
3 H 0.261      
4 Cl 0.013      
5 Cl 0.013      
6 O -0.332      
7 H 0.154      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.199 -0.514 0.000 0.551
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.287 -2.717 0.000
y -2.717 -47.477 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.467
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.685 -2.717 0.000
y -2.717 -6.100 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.415
Polar
3z2-r22.829
x2-y27.190
xy-2.717
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.079 0.708 0.000
y 0.708 7.286 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.491


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 195.716
(<r2>)1/2 13.990

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.941585
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1072.941585
Nuclear repulsion energy263.126171
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 B97D3/6-31G*
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 3064 3004 4.64 91.47 0.22 0.37
2 A 2880 2824 76.90 152.25 0.33 0.50
3 A 1804 1769 130.95 17.91 0.42 0.59
4 A 1382 1355 13.23 5.91 0.70 0.82
5 A 1250 1225 17.32 7.34 0.75 0.85
6 A 1208 1184 10.23 11.26 0.73 0.84
7 A 993 974 11.69 3.13 0.59 0.74
8 A 899 881 13.00 5.47 0.56 0.72
9 A 746 731 77.09 4.79 0.67 0.80
10 A 614 602 43.69 9.99 0.10 0.18
11 A 583 571 60.74 9.66 0.42 0.59
12 A 330 324 3.27 4.04 0.20 0.33
13 A 269 263 3.35 7.01 0.61 0.76
14 A 216 212 1.74 1.95 0.72 0.83
15 A 81 80 8.77 2.19 0.70 0.82

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8159.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7999.2 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.12061 0.08793 0.05403

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.093 -0.011 0.528
C2 -0.690 -1.304 0.216
H3 0.235 0.090 1.611
Cl4 1.758 -0.230 -0.173
Cl5 -0.723 1.454 -0.059
O6 -1.763 -1.348 -0.336
H7 -0.145 -2.212 0.567

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 O6 H7
C11.54411.09721.81921.77622.44512.2148
C21.54412.17872.70102.77191.20691.1155
H31.09722.17872.36682.35983.13842.5561
Cl41.81922.70102.36683.00043.69722.8454
Cl51.77622.77192.35983.00043.00133.7636
O62.44511.20693.13843.69723.00132.0438
H72.21481.11552.55612.84543.76362.0438

picture of dichloroacetaldehyde state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O6 125.000 C1 C2 H7 111.751
C2 C1 H3 109.988 C2 C1 Cl4 106.567
C2 C1 Cl5 113.008 H3 C1 Cl4 105.823
H3 C1 Cl5 108.084 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.124
O6 C2 H7 123.249
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.396      
2 C 0.264      
3 H 0.255      
4 Cl -0.003      
5 Cl 0.038      
6 O -0.310      
7 H 0.153      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.014 -0.770 2.023 2.390
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.683 -1.922 -1.117
y -1.922 -41.351 -1.526
z -1.117 -1.526 -39.706
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.155 -1.922 -1.117
y -1.922 1.843 -1.526
z -1.117 -1.526 4.311
Polar
3z2-r28.622
x2-y2-5.332
xy-1.922
xz-1.117
yz-1.526


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.059 -0.684 0.214
y -0.684 6.981 -0.364
z 0.214 -0.364 4.411


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 188.654
(<r2>)1/2 13.735