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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

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 CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.985803
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.438484
Nuclear repulsion energy287.858174
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 CCSD/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' 202 191 7.14      
2 A' 255 241 0.81      
3 A' 663 626 44.49      
4 A' 790 746 25.15      
5 A' 1103 1042 1.29      
6 A' 1272 1201 43.32      
7 A' 1383 1306 2.98      
8 A' 1539 1453 6.19      
9 A' 1542 1456 1.14      
10 A' 3144 2969 3.83      
11 A' 3155 2979 7.76      
12 A" 117 110 6.09      
13 A" 784 740 3.09      
14 A" 1010 954 0.19      
15 A" 1171 1106 2.30      
16 A" 1333 1259 0.09      
17 A" 3204 3025 0.95      
18 A" 3229 3049 2.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12947.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12225.9 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
0.95342 0.03256 0.03187

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.656 0.000
C2 1.238 -0.219 0.000
Br3 -1.593 -0.498 0.000
Cl4 2.700 0.821 0.000
H5 -0.061 1.277 0.894
H6 -0.061 1.277 -0.894
H7 1.275 -0.849 0.890
H8 1.275 -0.849 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51591.96682.70521.09061.09062.16402.1640
C21.51592.84511.79382.17372.17371.09161.0916
Br31.96682.84514.49122.50932.50933.02353.0235
Cl42.70521.79384.49122.93812.93812.36922.3692
H51.09062.17372.50932.93811.78832.51113.0807
H61.09062.17372.50932.93811.78833.08072.5111
H72.16401.09163.02352.36922.51113.08071.7809
H82.16401.09163.02352.36923.08072.51111.7809

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 109.356 C1 C2 H7 111.133
C1 C2 H8 111.133 C2 C1 Br3 108.867
C2 C1 Cl4 38.728 C2 C1 H6 111.987
Br3 C1 H5 106.787 Br3 C1 H6 106.787
Cl4 C2 H7 107.900 Cl4 C2 H8 107.900
H5 C1 H6 110.145 H7 C2 H8 109.308
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.983248
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.435118
Nuclear repulsion energy304.712126
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 CCSD/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 3209 3030 2.17      
2 A 3186 3009 2.34      
3 A 3138 2963 11.50      
4 A 3118 2944 10.10      
5 A 1528 1443 1.63      
6 A 1520 1436 9.47      
7 A 1393 1316 25.37      
8 A 1342 1267 42.92      
9 A 1254 1184 3.29      
10 A 1183 1118 1.68      
11 A 1080 1020 1.23      
12 A 973 918 7.37      
13 A 903 853 16.50      
14 A 713 673 15.18      
15 A 588 555 10.57      
16 A 398 376 7.08      
17 A 248 235 1.13      
18 A 106 100 0.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12939.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12218.8 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
0.29056 0.04984 0.04445

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.016 1.119 -0.384
C2 1.291 0.901 0.405
Br3 -1.349 -0.226 0.036
Cl4 2.151 -0.585 -0.088
H5 -0.422 2.087 -0.128
H6 0.189 1.063 -1.460
H7 1.970 1.742 0.230
H8 1.081 0.826 1.474

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51541.96182.74791.09281.09102.14082.1619
C21.51542.89411.78632.15022.17231.09501.0922
Br31.96182.89413.52112.49722.50283.86343.0130
Cl42.74791.78633.52113.70952.90632.35532.3615
H51.09282.15022.49723.70951.78832.44262.5324
H61.09102.17232.50282.90631.78832.54723.0758
H72.14081.09503.86342.35532.44262.54721.7830
H82.16191.09223.01302.36152.53243.07581.7830

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 112.406 C1 C2 H7 109.129
C1 C2 H8 110.966 C2 C1 Br3 112.033
C2 C1 Cl4 36.941 C2 C1 H6 111.879
Br3 C1 H5 106.154 Br3 C1 H6 106.628
Cl4 C2 H7 107.209 Cl4 C2 H8 107.803
H5 C1 H6 109.947 H7 C2 H8 109.215
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability