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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

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 MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3095.753277
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3095.306001
Nuclear repulsion energy286.627973
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3163 3009 6.11 3.40 0.12 0.21
2 A' 3154 3000 0.11 119.56 0.10 0.18
3 A' 1579 1503 9.56 2.78 0.75 0.86
4 A' 1574 1498 1.09 21.01 0.75 0.86
5 A' 1383 1316 1.46 10.10 0.52 0.68
6 A' 1296 1232 34.92 1.26 0.45 0.62
7 A' 1033 983 1.01 7.96 0.75 0.86
8 A' 742 706 11.59 49.69 0.30 0.47
9 A' 673 641 59.14 1.23 0.30 0.47
10 A' 257 245 1.15 5.19 0.34 0.51
11 A' 200 190 7.27 0.19 0.35 0.52
12 A" 3238 3080 1.07 0.09 0.75 0.86
13 A" 3217 3060 0.03 85.11 0.75 0.86
14 A" 1363 1297 0.05 12.94 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1191 1133 2.06 0.16 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1018 968 0.11 10.30 0.75 0.86
17 A" 804 765 4.97 0.03 0.75 0.86
18 A" 117 111 6.33 0.02 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13000.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12367.7 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.93421 0.03230 0.03160

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.667 0.000
C2 1.226 -0.251 0.000
Br3 -1.606 -0.472 0.000
Cl4 2.731 0.776 0.000
H5 -0.039 1.284 0.897
H6 -0.039 1.284 -0.897
H7 1.251 -0.872 0.894
H8 1.251 -0.872 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.53131.96852.73271.08961.08962.17552.1755
C21.53132.84031.82122.18192.18191.08911.0891
Br31.96852.84034.51212.51852.51853.01993.0199
Cl42.73271.82124.51212.95542.95542.38812.3881
H51.08962.18192.51852.95541.79402.51273.0857
H61.08962.18192.51852.95541.79403.08572.5127
H72.17551.08913.01992.38812.51273.08571.7883
H82.17551.08913.01992.38813.08572.51271.7883

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 108.891 C1 C2 H7 111.115
C1 C2 H8 111.115 C2 C1 Br3 107.839
C2 C1 Cl4 39.091 C2 C1 H6 111.604
Br3 C1 H5 107.368 Br3 C1 H6 107.368
Cl4 C2 H7 107.605 Cl4 C2 H8 107.605
H5 C1 H6 110.824 H7 C2 H8 110.369
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3095.750422
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3095.302526
Nuclear repulsion energy304.771267
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 MP2/3-21G*
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 3213 3057 1.41 23.29 0.75 0.86
2 A 3200 3044 0.24 86.40 0.75 0.86
3 A 3138 2985 10.82 144.48 0.03 0.05
4 A 3131 2979 2.51 49.29 0.61 0.75
5 A 1565 1489 11.79 19.16 0.74 0.85
6 A 1558 1482 2.22 9.97 0.72 0.84
7 A 1400 1332 20.38 3.71 0.75 0.86
8 A 1371 1305 32.04 2.69 0.72 0.84
9 A 1260 1198 3.37 19.05 0.74 0.85
10 A 1210 1151 1.40 7.35 0.74 0.85
11 A 1037 986 0.61 4.61 0.66 0.80
12 A 969 921 10.25 5.37 0.55 0.71
13 A 908 864 17.48 1.26 0.72 0.84
14 A 673 640 17.33 10.90 0.48 0.65
15 A 608 578 9.46 14.28 0.17 0.29
16 A 401 382 7.22 2.83 0.74 0.85
17 A 248 236 1.22 0.88 0.36 0.53
18 A 103 98 0.60 1.27 0.73 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12995.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12362.8 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.28051 0.05069 0.04491

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.142 -0.391
C2 1.287 0.926 0.411
Br3 -1.336 -0.231 0.037
Cl4 2.132 -0.595 -0.090
H5 -0.445 2.104 -0.128
H6 0.186 1.086 -1.463
H7 1.979 1.751 0.225
H8 1.072 0.846 1.476

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.53101.96242.76641.09251.09022.15982.1725
C21.53102.89031.81052.16292.17931.09261.0897
Br31.96242.89033.48922.50452.50963.86613.0044
Cl42.76641.81053.48923.73232.91542.37172.3776
H51.09252.16292.50453.73231.79432.47482.5408
H61.09022.17932.50962.91541.79432.55103.0792
H72.15981.09263.86612.37172.47482.55101.7903
H82.17251.08973.00442.37762.54083.07921.7903

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 111.491 C1 C2 H7 109.682
C1 C2 H8 110.863 C2 C1 Br3 111.056
C2 C1 Cl4 37.514 C2 C1 H6 111.378
Br3 C1 H5 106.641 Br3 C1 H6 107.108
Cl4 C2 H7 106.950 Cl4 C2 H8 107.517
H5 C1 H6 110.587 H7 C2 H8 110.245
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability