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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-3108.018333
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.445334
Nuclear repulsion energy288.206080
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' 200 186 6.78      
2 A' 255 238 0.80      
3 A' 665 621 43.45      
4 A' 791 738 24.60      
5 A' 1104 1029 1.30      
6 A' 1276 1190 50.36      
7 A' 1386 1293 3.22      
8 A' 1544 1440 4.07      
9 A' 1549 1445 1.46      
10 A' 3180 2966 4.33      
11 A' 3191 2976 9.31      
12 A" 117 109 5.70      
13 A" 782 729 2.21      
14 A" 1012 944 0.20      
15 A" 1174 1095 2.17      
16 A" 1338 1248 0.07      
17 A" 3244 3026 1.22      
18 A" 3270 3049 3.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13038.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12159.9 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
0.95948 0.03260 0.03191

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 0.655 0.000
C2 1.237 -0.219 0.000
Br3 -1.593 -0.495 0.000
Cl4 2.700 0.815 0.000
H5 -0.060 1.273 0.890
H6 -0.060 1.273 -0.890
H7 1.270 -0.846 0.886
H8 1.270 -0.846 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51451.96442.70511.08511.08512.15702.1570
C21.51452.84301.79202.16762.16761.08611.0861
Br31.96442.84304.48852.50342.50343.01773.0177
Cl42.70511.79204.48852.93592.93592.36422.3642
H51.08512.16762.50342.93591.78022.50183.0682
H61.08512.16762.50342.93591.78023.06822.5018
H72.15701.08613.01772.36422.50183.06821.7721
H82.15701.08613.01772.36423.06822.50181.7721

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 109.509 C1 C2 H7 111.010
C1 C2 H8 111.010 C2 C1 Br3 108.929
C2 C1 Cl4 38.640 C2 C1 H6 111.930
Br3 C1 H5 106.776 Br3 C1 H6 106.776
Cl4 C2 H7 107.935 Cl4 C2 H8 107.935
H5 C1 H6 110.224 H7 C2 H8 109.341
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-3108.015748
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.441997
Nuclear repulsion energy305.075836
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 3250 3031 2.88      
2 A 3227 3009 3.12      
3 A 3174 2960 13.09      
4 A 3155 2942 11.51      
5 A 1533 1430 1.28      
6 A 1525 1422 6.94      
7 A 1397 1303 27.95      
8 A 1346 1255 48.04      
9 A 1257 1172 3.75      
10 A 1186 1106 1.68      
11 A 1081 1008 1.15      
12 A 973 908 6.50      
13 A 902 841 14.68      
14 A 714 666 15.21      
15 A 589 550 10.48      
16 A 396 370 6.63      
17 A 247 230 1.00      
18 A 106 99 0.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13028.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12150.7 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
0.29137 0.04993 0.04452

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 0.015 1.119 -0.383
C2 1.290 0.900 0.404
Br3 -1.348 -0.226 0.036
Cl4 2.150 -0.584 -0.088
H5 -0.420 2.081 -0.125
H6 0.187 1.064 -1.454
H7 1.964 1.738 0.228
H8 1.079 0.826 1.467

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51441.95952.74691.08721.08562.13482.1550
C21.51442.89171.78472.14392.16691.08921.0866
Br31.95952.89173.51862.49142.49773.85503.0079
Cl42.74691.78473.51863.70242.90472.35032.3567
H51.08722.14392.49143.70241.78022.43442.5211
H61.08562.16692.49772.90471.78022.53823.0639
H72.13481.08923.85502.35032.43442.53821.7745
H82.15501.08663.00792.35672.52113.06391.7745

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 112.480 C1 C2 H7 109.063
C1 C2 H8 110.824 C2 C1 Br3 112.054
C2 C1 Cl4 36.895 C2 C1 H6 111.848
Br3 C1 H5 106.149 Br3 C1 H6 106.666
Cl4 C2 H7 107.245 Cl4 C2 H8 107.841
H5 C1 H6 110.027 H7 C2 H8 109.283
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability