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All results from a given calculation for C2H4F2 (1,2-difluoroethane)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2H anti 1Ag
1 2 yes C2 gauche 1A

Conformer 1 (C2H anti)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-277.593862
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-276.927412
Nuclear repulsion energy125.344674
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(T)/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 Ag 3118 2957        
2 Ag 1574 1493        
3 Ag 1501 1423        
4 Ag 1119 1061        
5 Ag 1098 1042        
6 Ag 464 440        
7 Au 3193 3029        
8 Au 1256 1192        
9 Au 827 785        
10 Au 137 130        
11 Bg 3170 3007        
12 Bg 1324 1256        
13 Bg 1209 1147        
14 Bu 3121 2961        
15 Bu 1583 1501        
16 Bu 1388 1317        
17 Bu 1109 1052        
18 Bu 276 262        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13733.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13025.8 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(T)/6-31G**
ABC
1.05982 0.12877 0.12005

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.428 0.626 0.000
C2 -0.428 -0.626 0.000
F3 -0.428 1.727 0.000
F4 0.428 -1.727 0.000
H5 1.058 0.661 0.891
H6 1.058 0.661 -0.891
H7 -1.058 -0.661 0.891
H8 -1.058 -0.661 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51651.39562.35301.09141.09142.15842.1584
C21.51652.35301.39562.15842.15841.09141.0914
F31.39562.35303.55942.03462.03462.62592.6259
F42.35301.39563.55942.62592.62592.03462.0346
H51.09142.15842.03462.62591.78172.49523.0660
H61.09142.15842.03462.62591.78173.06602.4952
H72.15841.09142.62592.03462.49523.06601.7817
H82.15841.09142.62592.03463.06602.49521.7817

picture of 1,2-difluoroethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 107.730 C1 C2 H7 110.657
C1 C2 H8 110.657 C2 C1 F3 107.730
C2 C1 H5 110.657 C2 C1 H6 110.657
F3 C1 H5 109.171 F3 C1 H6 109.171
F4 C2 H7 109.171 F4 C2 H8 109.171
H5 C1 H6 109.413 H7 C2 H8 109.413
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2 gauche)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-277.593900
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-276.926807
Nuclear repulsion energy127.706826
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(T)/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 3160 2998        
2 A 3107 2947        
3 A 1556 1476        
4 A 1489 1412        
5 A 1324 1255        
6 A 1169 1109        
7 A 1151 1092        
8 A 904 857        
9 A 327 310        
10 A 148 141        
11 B 3173 3010        
12 B 3096 2936        
13 B 1553 1473        
14 B 1450 1375        
15 B 1282 1216        
16 B 1122 1064        
17 B 930 882        
18 B 503 477        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13720.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13014.0 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 CCSD(T)/6-31G**
ABC
0.56198 0.17056 0.14758

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.265 0.705 0.524
C2 -0.265 -0.705 0.524
F3 -0.265 1.404 -0.559
F4 0.265 -1.404 -0.559
H5 -0.028 1.214 1.447
H6 1.353 0.701 0.438
H7 0.028 -1.214 1.447
H8 -1.353 -0.701 0.438

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50671.39272.37091.09401.09212.14322.1454
C21.50672.37091.39272.14322.14541.09401.0921
F31.39272.37092.85742.02852.02633.31112.5712
F42.37091.39272.85743.31112.57122.02852.0263
H51.09402.14322.02853.31111.78552.42912.5381
H61.09212.14542.02632.57121.78552.53813.0481
H72.14321.09403.31112.02852.42912.53811.7855
H82.14541.09212.57122.02632.53813.04811.7855

picture of 1,2-difluoroethane state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 109.652 C1 C2 H7 109.978
C1 C2 H8 110.262 C2 C1 F3 109.652
C2 C1 H5 109.978 C2 C1 H6 110.262
F3 C1 H5 108.729 F3 C1 H6 108.667
F4 C2 H7 108.729 F4 C2 H8 108.667
H5 C1 H6 109.521 H7 C2 H8 109.521
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability