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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3108.019194
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.445316
Nuclear repulsion energy288.082923
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' 199 188 6.80      
2 A' 255 240 0.80      
3 A' 662 623 44.54      
4 A' 788 742 24.90      
5 A' 1102 1038 1.30      
6 A' 1274 1199 50.74      
7 A' 1384 1303 3.27      
8 A' 1543 1453 3.99      
9 A' 1548 1457 1.46      
10 A' 3177 2991 4.49      
11 A' 3188 3001 9.51      
12 A" 116 110 5.71      
13 A" 781 736 2.18      
14 A" 1011 951 0.20      
15 A" 1172 1103 2.18      
16 A" 1336 1258 0.07      
17 A" 3241 3051 1.28      
18 A" 3267 3075 3.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13022.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12259.4 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
0.95861 0.03258 0.03188

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 1.237 -0.218 0.000
Br3 -1.593 -0.496 0.000
Cl4 2.701 0.817 0.000
H5 -0.061 1.273 0.890
H6 -0.061 1.273 -0.890
H7 1.271 -0.846 0.886
H8 1.271 -0.846 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51471.96582.70581.08531.08532.15752.1575
C21.51472.84381.79292.16842.16841.08631.0863
Br31.96582.84384.49032.50442.50443.01853.0185
Cl42.70581.79294.49032.93732.93732.36512.3651
H51.08532.16842.50442.93731.78092.50253.0691
H61.08532.16842.50442.93731.78093.06912.5025
H72.15751.08633.01852.36512.50253.06911.7727
H82.15751.08633.01852.36513.06912.50251.7727

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 109.493 C1 C2 H7 111.018
C1 C2 H8 111.018 C2 C1 Br3 108.892
C2 C1 Cl4 38.655 C2 C1 H6 111.958
Br3 C1 H5 106.747 Br3 C1 H6 106.747
Cl4 C2 H7 107.926 Cl4 C2 H8 107.926
H5 C1 H6 110.255 H7 C2 H8 109.357
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3108.016615
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.441975
Nuclear repulsion energy304.962055
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 3247 3057 3.05      
2 A 3224 3035 3.26      
3 A 3171 2985 13.37      
4 A 3151 2967 11.78      
5 A 1532 1442 1.31      
6 A 1523 1434 6.81      
7 A 1396 1314 28.27      
8 A 1344 1265 48.54      
9 A 1255 1181 3.93      
10 A 1185 1115 1.68      
11 A 1079 1016 1.17      
12 A 972 915 6.54      
13 A 901 848 14.71      
14 A 711 670 15.58      
15 A 587 552 10.92      
16 A 396 372 6.72      
17 A 246 232 1.01      
18 A 106 100 0.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13012.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12249.9 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
0.29097 0.04991 0.04450

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 0.015 1.120 -0.384
C2 1.290 0.901 0.404
Br3 -1.348 -0.226 0.036
Cl4 2.150 -0.584 -0.088
H5 -0.420 2.082 -0.124
H6 0.186 1.065 -1.454
H7 1.965 1.738 0.228
H8 1.080 0.827 1.468

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51471.96092.74781.08751.08582.13522.1555
C21.51472.89281.78552.14462.16771.08951.0868
Br31.96092.89283.51922.49242.49863.85663.0090
Cl42.74781.78553.51923.70382.90592.35112.3574
H51.08752.14462.49243.70381.78092.43572.5217
H61.08582.16772.49862.90591.78092.53913.0648
H72.13521.08953.85662.35112.43572.53911.7750
H82.15551.08683.00902.35742.52173.06481.7750

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 112.478 C1 C2 H7 109.064
C1 C2 H8 110.831 C2 C1 Br3 112.032
C2 C1 Cl4 36.901 C2 C1 H6 111.875
Br3 C1 H5 106.120 Br3 C1 H6 106.633
Cl4 C2 H7 107.236 Cl4 C2 H8 107.829
H5 C1 H6 110.058 H7 C2 H8 109.300
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability