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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-277.927991
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-277.034316
Nuclear repulsion energy125.836604
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)/cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3068 2991        
2 Ag 1526 1487        
3 Ag 1465 1428        
4 Ag 1109 1081        
5 Ag 1089 1061        
6 Ag 463 452        
7 Au 3140 3061        
8 Au 1250 1218        
9 Au 813 792        
10 Au 121 118        
11 Bg 3115 3036        
12 Bg 1310 1277        
13 Bg 1189 1159        
14 Bu 3073 2996        
15 Bu 1536 1497        
16 Bu 1371 1337        
17 Bu 1103 1075        
18 Bu 277 270        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13508.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13168.2 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)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.07007 0.12954 0.12085

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.425 0.628 0.000
C2 -0.425 -0.628 0.000
F3 -0.425 1.721 0.000
F4 0.425 -1.721 0.000
H5 1.053 0.668 0.891
H6 1.053 0.668 -0.891
H7 -1.053 -0.668 0.891
H8 -1.053 -0.668 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51581.38442.34921.09081.09082.15782.1578
C21.51582.34921.38442.15782.15781.09081.0908
F31.38442.34923.54592.02102.02102.62662.6266
F42.34921.38443.54592.62662.62662.02102.0210
H51.09082.15782.02102.62661.78182.49383.0649
H61.09082.15782.02102.62661.78183.06492.4938
H72.15781.09082.62662.02102.49383.06491.7818
H82.15781.09082.62662.02103.06492.49381.7818

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 108.106 C1 C2 H7 110.690
C1 C2 H8 110.690 C2 C1 F3 108.106
C2 C1 H5 110.690 C2 C1 H6 110.690
F3 C1 H5 108.891 F3 C1 H6 108.891
F4 C2 H7 108.891 F4 C2 H8 108.891
H5 C1 H6 109.523 H7 C2 H8 109.523
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2 gauche)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-277.928987
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-277.034691
Nuclear repulsion energy127.976170
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)/cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3109 3030        
2 A 3060 2983        
3 A 1504 1466        
4 A 1456 1419        
5 A 1314 1281        
6 A 1146 1117        
7 A 1142 1113        
8 A 884 862        
9 A 323 315        
10 A 151 147        
11 B 3122 3043        
12 B 3050 2973        
13 B 1501 1464        
14 B 1418 1382        
15 B 1276 1244        
16 B 1114 1086        
17 B 919 896        
18 B 499 486        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13492.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13152.9 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(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.57848 0.16818 0.14685

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.265 0.704 0.511
C2 -0.265 -0.704 0.511
F3 -0.265 1.418 -0.547
F4 0.265 -1.418 -0.547
H5 -0.020 1.202 1.442
H6 1.352 0.701 0.415
H7 0.020 -1.202 1.442
H8 -1.352 -0.701 0.415

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50481.38222.37161.09321.09142.13532.1443
C21.50482.37161.38222.13532.14431.09321.0914
F31.38222.37162.88492.01602.01333.30192.5686
F42.37161.38222.88493.30192.56862.01602.0133
H51.09322.13532.01603.30191.78572.40412.5397
H61.09142.14432.01332.56861.78572.53973.0458
H72.13531.09323.30192.01602.40412.53971.7857
H82.14431.09142.56862.01332.53973.04581.7857

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 110.394 C1 C2 H7 109.534
C1 C2 H8 110.353 C2 C1 F3 110.394
C2 C1 H5 109.534 C2 C1 H6 110.353
F3 C1 H5 108.491 F3 C1 H6 108.380
F4 C2 H7 108.491 F4 C2 H8 108.380
H5 C1 H6 109.654 H7 C2 H8 109.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability