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All results from a given calculation for C2H4F2 (1,2-difluoroethane)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2H anti 1Ag
1 2 yes C2 gauche 1A

Conformer 1 (C2H anti)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-277.637419
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-276.938899
Nuclear repulsion energy125.043160
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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3069 2925        
2 Ag 1511 1440        
3 Ag 1461 1392        
4 Ag 1109 1057        
5 Ag 1080 1029        
6 Ag 459 438        
7 Au 3142 2995        
8 Au 1231 1173        
9 Au 810 772        
10 Au 125 119        
11 Bg 3118 2972        
12 Bg 1292 1231        
13 Bg 1178 1123        
14 Bu 3071 2927        
15 Bu 1519 1448        
16 Bu 1353 1289        
17 Bu 1095 1044        
18 Bu 272 259        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13447.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12816.8 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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.05383 0.12814 0.11955

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.426 0.632 0.000
C2 -0.426 -0.632 0.000
F3 -0.426 1.731 0.000
F4 0.426 -1.731 0.000
H5 1.066 0.666 0.901
H6 1.066 0.666 -0.901
H7 -1.066 -0.666 0.901
H8 -1.066 -0.666 -0.901

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.52371.39052.36241.10601.10602.17302.1730
C21.52372.36241.39052.17302.17301.10601.1060
F31.39052.36243.56472.04262.04262.63922.6392
F42.36241.39053.56472.63922.63922.04262.0426
H51.10602.17302.04262.63921.80242.51383.0932
H61.10602.17302.04262.63921.80243.09322.5138
H72.17301.10602.63922.04262.51383.09321.8024
H82.17301.10602.63922.04263.09322.51381.8024

picture of 1,2-difluoroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 108.229 C1 C2 H7 110.437
C1 C2 H8 110.437 C2 C1 F3 108.229
C2 C1 H5 110.437 C2 C1 H6 110.437
F3 C1 H5 109.281 F3 C1 H6 109.281
F4 C2 H7 109.281 F4 C2 H8 109.281
H5 C1 H6 109.150 H7 C2 H8 109.150
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2 gauche)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-277.637663
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-276.938532
Nuclear repulsion energy127.191658
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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
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 3112 2966        
2 A 3060 2917        
3 A 1489 1419        
4 A 1453 1385        
5 A 1301 1240        
6 A 1143 1089        
7 A 1134 1080        
8 A 881 840        
9 A 320 305        
10 A 148 141        
11 B 3124 2978        
12 B 3048 2905        
13 B 1486 1416        
14 B 1404 1338        
15 B 1261 1202        
16 B 1103 1051        
17 B 909 866        
18 B 491 468        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13432.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12802.5 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 QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.56908 0.16683 0.14553

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.266 0.709 0.514
C2 -0.266 -0.709 0.514
F3 -0.266 1.422 -0.552
F4 0.266 -1.422 -0.552
H5 -0.020 1.212 1.459
H6 1.368 0.700 0.421
H7 0.020 -1.212 1.459
H8 -1.368 -0.700 0.421

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51431.38852.38301.10801.10662.15482.1597
C21.51432.38301.38852.15482.15971.10801.1066
F31.38852.38302.89412.03692.03443.32652.5818
F42.38301.38852.89413.32652.58182.03692.0344
H51.10802.15482.03693.32651.80772.42412.5598
H61.10662.15972.03442.58181.80772.55983.0741
H72.15481.10803.32652.03692.42412.55981.8077
H82.15971.10662.58182.03442.55983.07411.8077

picture of 1,2-difluoroethane state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 110.283 C1 C2 H7 109.543
C1 C2 H8 110.013 C2 C1 F3 110.283
C2 C1 H5 109.543 C2 C1 H6 110.013
F3 C1 H5 108.832 F3 C1 H6 108.717
F4 C2 H7 108.832 F4 C2 H8 108.717
H5 C1 H6 109.427 H7 C2 H8 109.427
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability