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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.979558
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.438667
Nuclear repulsion energy288.166062
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 203 190 7.36      
2 A' 257 241 0.82      
3 A' 670 629 43.49      
4 A' 798 749 25.66      
5 A' 1110 1042 1.34      
6 A' 1280 1201 42.39      
7 A' 1393 1307 3.03      
8 A' 1549 1453 6.70      
9 A' 1552 1457 1.09      
10 A' 3177 2982 3.59      
11 A' 3189 2993 5.64      
12 A" 117 110 6.23      
13 A" 788 740 3.32      
14 A" 1016 954 0.19      
15 A" 1178 1106 2.39      
16 A" 1341 1258 0.09      
17 A" 3238 3039 0.81      
18 A" 3264 3063 1.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13058.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12257.0 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
0.95563 0.03263 0.03193

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.655 0.000
C2 1.238 -0.219 0.000
Br3 -1.592 -0.498 0.000
Cl4 2.697 0.820 0.000
H5 -0.061 1.275 0.892
H6 -0.061 1.275 -0.892
H7 1.274 -0.848 0.889
H8 1.274 -0.848 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51501.96502.70231.08821.08822.16112.1611
C21.51502.84281.79172.17102.17101.08931.0893
Br31.96502.84284.48662.50602.50603.02023.0202
Cl42.70231.79174.48662.93432.93432.36612.3661
H51.08822.17102.50602.93431.78502.50713.0754
H61.08822.17102.50602.93431.78503.07542.5071
H72.16111.08933.02022.36612.50713.07541.7775
H82.16111.08933.02022.36613.07542.50711.7775

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 109.328 C1 C2 H7 111.101
C1 C2 H8 111.101 C2 C1 Br3 108.863
C2 C1 Cl4 38.730 C2 C1 H6 111.971
Br3 C1 H5 106.778 Br3 C1 H6 106.778
Cl4 C2 H7 107.930 Cl4 C2 H8 107.930
H5 C1 H6 110.199 H7 C2 H8 109.344
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.976888
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.435305
Nuclear repulsion energy305.002737
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 MP3/6-31G*
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 3244 3045 1.34      
2 A 3220 3022 1.84      
3 A 3172 2977 8.94      
4 A 3151 2958 8.86      
5 A 1537 1443 1.67      
6 A 1530 1436 10.29      
7 A 1403 1317 24.90      
8 A 1350 1267 42.20      
9 A 1262 1184 3.11      
10 A 1191 1118 1.72      
11 A 1086 1020 1.23      
12 A 978 918 7.58      
13 A 908 853 16.94      
14 A 721 676 14.62      
15 A 594 557 10.41      
16 A 400 376 7.19      
17 A 249 234 1.18      
18 A 106 100 0.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13050.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12249.6 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
0.29128 0.04992 0.04452

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.016 1.118 -0.384
C2 1.290 0.900 0.405
Br3 -1.348 -0.225 0.036
Cl4 2.149 -0.584 -0.088
H5 -0.421 2.084 -0.127
H6 0.188 1.061 -1.457
H7 1.967 1.739 0.229
H8 1.080 0.825 1.471

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51461.96012.74541.09041.08862.13772.1590
C21.51462.89221.78422.14732.16961.09261.0899
Br31.96012.89223.51842.49372.49923.85893.0101
Cl42.74541.78423.51843.70452.90282.35202.3580
H51.09042.14732.49373.70451.78512.43872.5282
H61.08862.16962.49922.90281.78512.54323.0706
H72.13771.09263.85892.35202.43872.54321.7798
H82.15901.08993.01012.35802.52823.07061.7798

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 112.404 C1 C2 H7 109.086
C1 C2 H8 110.933 C2 C1 Br3 112.052
C2 C1 Cl4 36.929 C2 C1 H6 111.863
Br3 C1 H5 106.135 Br3 C1 H6 106.597
Cl4 C2 H7 107.230 Cl4 C2 H8 107.804
H5 C1 H6 110.018 H7 C2 H8 109.277
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability