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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.986825
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.438448
Nuclear repulsion energy287.718776
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/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' 202 192 7.16      
2 A' 255 243 0.81      
3 A' 660 628 45.62      
4 A' 786 749 25.46      
5 A' 1102 1049 1.30      
6 A' 1270 1209 43.69      
7 A' 1380 1315 3.02      
8 A' 1537 1464 6.01      
9 A' 1541 1467 1.17      
10 A' 3140 2991 4.03      
11 A' 3151 3001 8.02      
12 A" 116 111 6.09      
13 A" 783 746 3.04      
14 A" 1009 961 0.19      
15 A" 1169 1113 2.29      
16 A" 1331 1268 0.09      
17 A" 3200 3047 1.01      
18 A" 3225 3071 2.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12928.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12311.5 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.95248 0.03253 0.03184

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.656 0.000
C2 1.239 -0.218 0.000
Br3 -1.594 -0.499 0.000
Cl4 2.701 0.823 0.000
H5 -0.062 1.278 0.895
H6 -0.062 1.278 -0.895
H7 1.276 -0.849 0.891
H8 1.276 -0.849 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51621.96842.70611.09091.09092.16462.1646
C21.51622.84611.79482.17462.17461.09191.0919
Br31.96842.84614.49332.51052.51053.02463.0246
Cl42.70611.79484.49332.93972.93972.37022.3702
H51.09092.17462.51052.93971.78912.51203.0818
H61.09092.17462.51052.93971.78913.08182.5120
H72.16461.09193.02462.37022.51203.08181.7814
H82.16461.09193.02462.37023.08182.51201.7814

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 109.342 C1 C2 H7 111.146
C1 C2 H8 111.146 C2 C1 Br3 108.832
C2 C1 Cl4 38.742 C2 C1 H6 112.020
Br3 C1 H5 106.753 Br3 C1 H6 106.753
Cl4 C2 H7 107.888 Cl4 C2 H8 107.888
H5 C1 H6 110.173 H7 C2 H8 109.320
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.984273
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.435079
Nuclear repulsion energy304.581333
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/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 3206 3053 2.38      
2 A 3182 3030 2.52      
3 A 3134 2984 11.92      
4 A 3114 2965 10.45      
5 A 1526 1454 1.66      
6 A 1519 1446 9.26      
7 A 1391 1325 25.67      
8 A 1339 1275 43.37      
9 A 1252 1192 3.47      
10 A 1182 1125 1.68      
11 A 1078 1027 1.26      
12 A 971 925 7.41      
13 A 902 859 16.51      
14 A 710 676 15.57      
15 A 585 557 11.01      
16 A 397 378 7.18      
17 A 248 236 1.14      
18 A 106 101 0.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12920.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12304.2 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.29015 0.04982 0.04442

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.016 1.120 -0.384
C2 1.291 0.902 0.405
Br3 -1.350 -0.226 0.036
Cl4 2.152 -0.585 -0.088
H5 -0.422 2.088 -0.127
H6 0.189 1.064 -1.461
H7 1.971 1.742 0.230
H8 1.081 0.826 1.475

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51571.96332.74901.09311.09132.14142.1625
C21.51572.89541.78722.15102.17321.09531.0924
Br31.96332.89543.52202.49832.50393.86513.0142
Cl42.74901.78723.52203.71112.90772.35612.3623
H51.09312.15102.49833.71111.78912.44412.5332
H61.09132.17322.50392.90771.78912.54833.0769
H72.14141.09533.86512.35612.44412.54831.7836
H82.16251.09243.01422.36232.53323.07691.7836

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 112.407 C1 C2 H7 109.134
C1 C2 H8 110.976 C2 C1 Br3 112.013
C2 C1 Cl4 36.946 C2 C1 H6 111.910
Br3 C1 H5 106.121 Br3 C1 H6 106.592
Cl4 C2 H7 107.197 Cl4 C2 H8 107.788
H5 C1 H6 109.973 H7 C2 H8 109.227
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability