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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H anti 1Ag
1 2 no C2 gauche 1A

Conformer 1 (C2H anti)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-277.282822
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-276.837935
Nuclear repulsion energy122.533186
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 CCD/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3082 2957 0.00      
2 Ag 1575 1511 0.00      
3 Ag 1474 1414 0.00      
4 Ag 1106 1061 0.00      
5 Ag 1027 985 0.00      
6 Ag 442 425 0.00      
7 Au 3157 3029 50.60      
8 Au 1215 1166 3.56      
9 Au 842 808 0.02      
10 Au 129 124 20.72      
11 Bg 3133 3006 0.00      
12 Bg 1325 1271 0.00      
13 Bg 1170 1123 0.00      
14 Bu 3087 2962 37.57      
15 Bu 1584 1520 1.87      
16 Bu 1377 1321 10.74      
17 Bu 1037 995 110.74      
18 Bu 268 257 29.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13515.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9595) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12968.0 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 CCD/6-31G
ABC
1.01946 0.12308 0.11470

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.443 0.622 0.000
C2 -0.443 -0.622 0.000
F3 -0.443 1.770 0.000
F4 0.443 -1.770 0.000
H5 1.069 0.672 0.900
H6 1.069 0.672 -0.900
H7 -1.069 -0.672 0.900
H8 -1.069 -0.672 -0.900

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.52771.45072.39221.09731.09732.18472.1847
C21.52772.39221.45072.18472.18471.09731.0973
F31.45072.39223.64972.07462.07462.67702.6770
F42.39221.45073.64972.67702.67702.07462.0746
H51.09732.18472.07462.67701.79972.52613.1017
H61.09732.18472.07462.67701.79973.10172.5261
H72.18471.09732.67702.07462.52613.10171.7997
H82.18471.09732.67702.07463.10172.52611.7997

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 106.836 C1 C2 H7 111.611
C1 C2 H8 111.611 C2 C1 F3 106.836
C2 C1 H5 111.611 C2 C1 H6 111.611
F3 C1 H5 108.216 F3 C1 H6 108.216
F4 C2 H7 108.216 F4 C2 H8 108.216
H5 C1 H6 110.178 H7 C2 H8 110.178
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2 gauche)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-277.281870
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-276.836314
Nuclear repulsion energy124.592651
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 CCD/6-31G
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 3123 2997 13.40      
2 A 3070 2946 25.25      
3 A 1555 1492 0.35      
4 A 1453 1394 10.06      
5 A 1293 1240 0.53      
6 A 1149 1102 1.54      
7 A 1103 1058 32.96      
8 A 876 841 27.15      
9 A 321 308 0.73      
10 A 140 135 6.18      
11 B 3135 3008 32.36      
12 B 3059 2935 11.84      
13 B 1558 1495 4.13      
14 B 1448 1390 9.19      
15 B 1239 1189 2.88      
16 B 1072 1029 14.28      
17 B 911 874 34.94      
18 B 481 462 22.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13493.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9595) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12946.9 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 CCD/6-31G
ABC
0.54206 0.16003 0.14002

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.288 0.702 0.533
C2 -0.288 -0.702 0.533
F3 -0.288 1.456 -0.561
F4 0.288 -1.456 -0.561
H5 0.034 1.230 1.464
H6 1.376 0.683 0.391
H7 -0.034 -1.230 1.464
H8 -1.376 -0.683 0.391

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 F3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51751.44852.41981.10011.09802.16832.1701
C21.51752.41981.44852.16832.17011.10011.0980
F31.44852.41982.96862.06362.06733.37362.5824
F42.41981.44852.96863.37362.58242.06362.0673
H51.10012.16832.06363.37361.80402.46002.6076
H61.09802.17012.06732.58241.80402.60763.0734
H72.16831.10013.37362.06362.46002.60761.8040
H82.17011.09802.58242.06732.60763.07341.8040

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 109.324 C1 C2 H7 110.852
C1 C2 H8 111.123 C2 C1 F3 109.324
C2 C1 H5 110.852 C2 C1 H6 111.123
F3 C1 H5 107.346 F3 C1 H6 107.758
F4 C2 H7 107.346 F4 C2 H8 107.758
H5 C1 H6 110.308 H7 C2 H8 110.308
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability