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

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G*

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 CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3095.727283
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3095.306387
Nuclear repulsion energy287.288674
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 CID/3-21G*
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' 205 191 6.89      
2 A' 262 244 1.23      
3 A' 688 640 64.93      
4 A' 761 708 12.22      
5 A' 1053 980 1.01      
6 A' 1326 1234 37.19      
7 A' 1411 1313 1.33      
8 A' 1595 1484 1.86      
9 A' 1599 1488 10.77      
10 A' 3203 2980 0.04      
11 A' 3210 2986 7.38      
12 A" 116 108 6.48      
13 A" 813 757 5.05      
14 A" 1034 962 0.14      
15 A" 1216 1131 1.91      
16 A" 1385 1289 0.05      
17 A" 3259 3033 0.04      
18 A" 3282 3054 1.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13208.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12290.4 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.94349 0.03241 0.03171

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.661 0.000
C2 1.226 -0.251 0.000
Br3 -1.604 -0.467 0.000
Cl4 2.727 0.770 0.000
H5 -0.037 1.278 0.892
H6 -0.037 1.278 -0.892
H7 1.253 -0.871 0.890
H8 1.253 -0.871 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.52841.96142.72911.08531.08532.17022.1702
C21.52842.83881.81502.17502.17501.08501.0850
Br31.96142.83884.50442.50922.50923.01963.0196
Cl42.72911.81504.50442.94902.94902.37862.3786
H51.08532.17502.50922.94901.78482.50653.0756
H61.08532.17502.50922.94901.78483.07562.5065
H72.17021.08503.01962.37862.50653.07561.7799
H82.17021.08503.01962.37863.07562.50651.7799

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 109.126 C1 C2 H7 111.147
C1 C2 H8 111.147 C2 C1 Br3 108.227
C2 C1 Cl4 38.927 C2 C1 H6 111.516
Br3 C1 H5 107.374 Br3 C1 H6 107.374
Cl4 C2 H7 107.529 Cl4 C2 H8 107.529
H5 C1 H6 110.626 H7 C2 H8 110.220
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3095.724325
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3095.302948
Nuclear repulsion energy304.886682
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 CID/3-21G*
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 3258 3032 1.43      
2 A 3244 3018 0.32      
3 A 3189 2967 11.90      
4 A 3178 2957 3.12      
5 A 1587 1477 12.94      
6 A 1580 1470 2.56      
7 A 1424 1325 21.39      
8 A 1398 1301 33.06      
9 A 1288 1199 2.74      
10 A 1233 1148 1.35      
11 A 1056 982 0.72      
12 A 984 916 10.72      
13 A 925 860 18.72      
14 A 685 638 19.90      
15 A 620 577 10.03      
16 A 409 380 7.19      
17 A 252 234 1.24      
18 A 102 95 0.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13205.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12288.0 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.28529 0.05029 0.04471

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.129 -0.392
C2 1.283 0.918 0.412
Br3 -1.341 -0.229 0.037
Cl4 2.144 -0.588 -0.089
H5 -0.440 2.091 -0.139
H6 0.188 1.068 -1.459
H7 1.966 1.746 0.235
H8 1.067 0.833 1.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.52811.95612.76301.08801.08582.15392.1680
C21.52812.88781.80542.15602.17291.08831.0855
Br31.95612.88783.50552.49532.50193.85722.9980
Cl42.76301.80543.50553.72242.90582.36282.3701
H51.08802.15602.49533.72241.78462.45962.5398
H61.08582.17292.50192.90581.78462.54783.0695
H72.15391.08833.85722.36282.45962.54781.7812
H82.16801.08552.99802.37012.53983.06951.7812

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 111.691 C1 C2 H7 109.671
C1 C2 H8 110.964 C2 C1 Br3 111.367
C2 C1 Cl4 37.384 C2 C1 H6 111.337
Br3 C1 H5 106.607 Br3 C1 H6 107.179
Cl4 C2 H7 106.849 Cl4 C2 H8 107.515
H5 C1 H6 110.364 H7 C2 H8 110.047
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability