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All results from a given calculation for CH2BrCH2Cl (1-bromo-2-chloroethane)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G*

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States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.982363
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.438511
Nuclear repulsion energy288.109979
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 CCD/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' 203 192 7.10      
2 A' 257 243 0.81      
3 A' 672 636 41.26      
4 A' 800 758 24.18      
5 A' 1106 1046 1.33      
6 A' 1277 1209 41.69      
7 A' 1389 1315 2.86      
8 A' 1541 1459 6.05      
9 A' 1545 1462 1.54      
10 A' 3149 2981 3.51      
11 A' 3160 2991 7.55      
12 A" 117 111 6.08      
13 A" 784 743 3.17      
14 A" 1013 959 0.19      
15 A" 1176 1113 2.32      
16 A" 1336 1265 0.09      
17 A" 3210 3038 0.88      
18 A" 3235 3062 2.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12985.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12290.3 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.95537 0.03261 0.03192

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.654 0.000
C2 1.238 -0.221 0.000
Br3 -1.593 -0.494 0.000
Cl4 2.700 0.815 0.000
H5 -0.059 1.276 0.894
H6 -0.059 1.276 -0.894
H7 1.273 -0.852 0.890
H8 1.273 -0.852 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51591.96342.70451.09051.09052.16332.1633
C21.51592.84431.79112.17282.17281.09151.0915
Br31.96342.84434.48772.50712.50713.02233.0223
Cl42.70451.79114.48772.93592.93592.36742.3674
H51.09052.17282.50712.93591.78712.51043.0794
H61.09052.17282.50712.93591.78713.07942.5104
H72.16331.09153.02232.36742.51043.07941.7798
H82.16331.09153.02232.36743.07942.51041.7798

picture of 1-bromo-2-chloroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl4 109.447 C1 C2 H7 111.079
C1 C2 H8 111.079 C2 C1 Br3 108.992
C2 C1 Cl4 38.645 C2 C1 H6 111.913
Br3 C1 H5 106.856 Br3 C1 H6 106.856
Cl4 C2 H7 107.950 Cl4 C2 H8 107.950
H5 C1 H6 110.049 H7 C2 H8 109.230
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.979818
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.435155
Nuclear repulsion energy304.934772
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 CCD/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 3215 3043 1.94      
2 A 3193 3022 2.19      
3 A 3143 2975 10.69      
4 A 3124 2957 9.81      
5 A 1530 1448 1.85      
6 A 1523 1441 9.62      
7 A 1398 1324 24.52      
8 A 1347 1275 41.13      
9 A 1258 1191 2.92      
10 A 1188 1124 1.69      
11 A 1083 1025 1.19      
12 A 976 924 7.31      
13 A 907 858 16.38      
14 A 720 682 13.79      
15 A 594 563 9.76      
16 A 399 378 6.83      
17 A 249 236 1.12      
18 A 106 100 0.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12977.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12282.8 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.29138 0.04988 0.04450

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.014 1.117 -0.384
C2 1.291 0.900 0.404
Br3 -1.349 -0.225 0.036
Cl4 2.151 -0.584 -0.088
H5 -0.422 2.085 -0.127
H6 0.188 1.062 -1.459
H7 1.968 1.741 0.229
H8 1.081 0.826 1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51541.95872.74651.09271.09092.14032.1612
C21.51542.89251.78402.14952.17141.09481.0920
Br31.95872.89253.51972.49532.50083.86093.0122
Cl42.74651.78403.51973.70722.90522.35382.3599
H51.09272.14952.49533.70721.78722.44042.5311
H61.09092.17142.50082.90521.78722.54553.0748
H72.14031.09483.86092.35382.44042.54551.7820
H82.16121.09203.01222.35992.53113.07481.7820

picture of 1-bromo-2-chloroethane state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl4 112.442 C1 C2 H7 109.106
C1 C2 H8 110.921 C2 C1 Br3 112.103
C2 C1 Cl4 36.896 C2 C1 H6 111.811
Br3 C1 H5 106.222 Br3 C1 H6 106.691
Cl4 C2 H7 107.263 Cl4 C2 H8 107.848
H5 C1 H6 109.863 H7 C2 H8 109.149
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability