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

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3095.728750
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3095.306366
Nuclear repulsion energy287.169955
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 CISD/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 6.88      
2 A' 262 244 1.23      
3 A' 685 640 66.46      
4 A' 757 708 11.68      
5 A' 1049 980 1.00      
6 A' 1323 1237 37.74      
7 A' 1408 1316 1.34      
8 A' 1593 1488 1.79      
9 A' 1597 1492 10.67      
10 A' 3199 2989 0.05      
11 A' 3205 2995 7.50      
12 A" 116 108 6.47      
13 A" 813 759 5.02      
14 A" 1032 964 0.13      
15 A" 1213 1134 1.90      
16 A" 1383 1293 0.05      
17 A" 3255 3041 0.04      
18 A" 3277 3062 1.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13185.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12320.6 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
0.94242 0.03238 0.03169

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.662 0.000
C2 1.226 -0.252 0.000
Br3 -1.605 -0.468 0.000
Cl4 2.728 0.770 0.000
H5 -0.038 1.278 0.893
H6 -0.038 1.278 -0.893
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
C11.52901.96232.73021.08551.08552.17112.1711
C21.52902.83941.81642.17582.17581.08511.0851
Br31.96232.83944.50622.51012.51013.02063.0206
Cl42.73021.81644.50622.95022.95022.37972.3797
H51.08552.17582.51012.95021.78542.50733.0766
H61.08552.17582.51012.95021.78543.07662.5073
H72.17111.08513.02062.37972.50733.07661.7805
H82.17111.08513.02062.37973.07662.50731.7805

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 109.093 C1 C2 H7 111.169
C1 C2 H8 111.169 C2 C1 Br3 108.191
C2 C1 Cl4 38.954 C2 C1 H6 111.527
Br3 C1 H5 107.366 Br3 C1 H6 107.366
Cl4 C2 H7 107.506 Cl4 C2 H8 107.506
H5 C1 H6 110.652 H7 C2 H8 110.252
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3095.725801
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3095.302925
Nuclear repulsion energy304.776838
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 CISD/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 3253 3040 1.49      
2 A 3239 3027 0.31      
3 A 3184 2975 12.19      
4 A 3174 2965 3.07      
5 A 1585 1481 12.82      
6 A 1578 1475 2.47      
7 A 1422 1328 21.63      
8 A 1396 1304 33.55      
9 A 1286 1202 2.79      
10 A 1232 1151 1.34      
11 A 1053 984 0.70      
12 A 982 917 10.80      
13 A 923 862 18.74      
14 A 682 637 20.30      
15 A 618 577 10.13      
16 A 408 381 7.23      
17 A 251 235 1.23      
18 A 102 96 0.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13183.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12318.5 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
0.28493 0.05026 0.04469

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/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 0.919 0.412
Br3 -1.341 -0.229 0.037
Cl4 2.145 -0.588 -0.089
H5 -0.441 2.092 -0.139
H6 0.188 1.068 -1.460
H7 1.967 1.746 0.235
H8 1.067 0.833 1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.52871.95692.76421.08821.08602.15472.1689
C21.52872.88861.80672.15672.17371.08851.0857
Br31.95692.88863.50642.49602.50273.85842.9986
Cl42.76421.80673.50643.72402.90672.36382.3711
H51.08822.15672.49603.72401.78512.46092.5409
H61.08602.17372.50272.90671.78512.54883.0705
H72.15471.08853.85842.36382.46092.54881.7818
H82.16891.08572.99862.37112.54093.07051.7818

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 111.668 C1 C2 H7 109.688
C1 C2 H8 110.983 C2 C1 Br3 111.345
C2 C1 Cl4 37.404 C2 C1 H6 111.347
Br3 C1 H5 106.598 Br3 C1 H6 107.173
Cl4 C2 H7 106.827 Cl4 C2 H8 107.494
H5 C1 H6 110.385 H7 C2 H8 110.076
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability