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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31+G**

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/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3108.040337
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.463204
Nuclear repulsion energy288.250782
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/6-31+G**
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' 196 183 6.99      
2 A' 257 240 0.55      
3 A' 672 627 47.82      
4 A' 788 736 22.24      
5 A' 1105 1032 1.01      
6 A' 1285 1200 57.82      
7 A' 1393 1301 2.25      
8 A' 1536 1435 4.69      
9 A' 1539 1438 1.06      
10 A' 3173 2963 3.50      
11 A' 3183 2972 8.91      
12 A" 140 131 5.80      
13 A" 791 738 1.85      
14 A" 1024 956 0.33      
15 A" 1168 1091 2.54      
16 A" 1330 1242 0.09      
17 A" 3236 3022 0.68      
18 A" 3260 3045 1.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13037.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9338) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12174.6 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 CCSD/6-31+G**
ABC
0.96456 0.03259 0.03190

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.634 0.000
C2 1.250 -0.219 0.000
Br3 -1.589 -0.511 0.000
Cl4 2.685 0.857 0.000
H5 -0.063 1.254 0.889
H6 -0.063 1.254 -0.889
H7 1.302 -0.844 0.888
H8 1.302 -0.844 -0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51371.95892.69431.08581.08582.16012.1601
C21.51372.85451.79352.16462.16461.08651.0865
Br31.95892.85454.48792.49702.49703.04233.0423
Cl42.69431.79354.48792.91552.91552.36522.3652
H51.08582.16462.49702.91551.77872.50243.0691
H61.08582.16462.49702.91551.77873.06912.5024
H72.16011.08653.04232.36522.50243.06911.7752
H82.16011.08653.04232.36523.06912.50241.7752

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 108.811 C1 C2 H7 111.291
C1 C2 H8 111.291 C2 C1 Br3 109.908
C2 C1 Cl4 39.060 C2 C1 H6 111.694
Br3 C1 H5 106.654 Br3 C1 H6 106.654
Cl4 C2 H7 107.883 Cl4 C2 H8 107.883
H5 C1 H6 109.990 H7 C2 H8 109.556
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3108.036774
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.459001
Nuclear repulsion energy302.898157
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/6-31+G**
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 3240 3025 1.51      
2 A 3220 3007 1.90      
3 A 3165 2955 14.18      
4 A 3147 2939 10.33      
5 A 1525 1424 0.08      
6 A 1519 1418 10.33      
7 A 1397 1305 30.63      
8 A 1351 1261 57.19      
9 A 1257 1174 2.16      
10 A 1183 1104 2.23      
11 A 1090 1017 0.79      
12 A 969 905 6.92      
13 A 914 854 15.64      
14 A 711 664 17.97      
15 A 587 548 11.29      
16 A 400 374 5.91      
17 A 253 236 1.09      
18 A 93 87 0.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13009.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9338) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12147.9 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.30440 0.04782 0.04320

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.024 1.077 -0.399
C2 1.282 0.879 0.419
Br3 -1.376 -0.221 0.036
Cl4 2.208 -0.563 -0.087
H5 -0.403 2.053 -0.179
H6 0.217 0.989 -1.464
H7 1.932 1.741 0.270
H8 1.054 0.780 1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51401.95782.74921.08801.08632.12872.1608
C21.51402.90281.78702.13902.16631.08971.0869
Br31.95782.90283.60292.48322.50043.85372.9981
Cl42.74921.78703.60293.69732.87552.34832.3627
H51.08802.13902.48323.69731.78022.39782.5467
H61.08632.16632.50042.87551.78022.55263.0651
H72.12871.08973.85372.34832.39782.55261.7747
H82.16081.08692.99812.36272.54673.06511.7747

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 112.523 C1 C2 H7 108.588
C1 C2 H8 111.300 C2 C1 Br3 112.840
C2 C1 Cl4 36.899 C2 C1 H6 111.780
Br3 C1 H5 105.661 Br3 C1 H6 106.939
Cl4 C2 H7 106.930 Cl4 C2 H8 108.117
H5 C1 H6 109.917 H7 C2 H8 109.252
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability