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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/6-31G*

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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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3108.001582
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.438248
Nuclear repulsion energy287.236674
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 QCISD(T)/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' 200 192        
2 A' 252 242        
3 A' 649 623        
4 A' 774 742        
5 A' 1093 1048        
6 A' 1256 1205        
7 A' 1367 1312        
8 A' 1528 1466        
9 A' 1532 1470        
10 A' 3122 2995        
11 A' 3134 3006        
12 A" 115 111        
13 A" 777 746        
14 A" 1000 959        
15 A" 1158 1111        
16 A" 1322 1268        
17 A" 3183 3053        
18 A" 3209 3078        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12834.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12312.4 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
0.94811 0.03244 0.03174

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.660 0.000
C2 1.239 -0.216 0.000
Br3 -1.595 -0.503 0.000
Cl4 2.704 0.829 0.000
H5 -0.064 1.280 0.896
H6 -0.064 1.280 -0.896
H7 1.277 -0.847 0.892
H8 1.277 -0.847 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51751.97382.70881.09231.09232.16722.1672
C21.51752.84861.79902.17772.17771.09341.0934
Br31.97382.84864.50012.51572.51573.02693.0269
Cl42.70881.79904.50012.94392.94392.37472.3747
H51.09232.17772.51572.94391.79292.51473.0861
H61.09232.17772.51572.94391.79293.08612.5147
H72.16721.09343.02692.37472.51473.08611.7849
H82.16721.09343.02692.37473.08612.51471.7849

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 109.229 C1 C2 H7 111.168
C1 C2 H8 111.168 C2 C1 Br3 108.648
C2 C1 Cl4 38.835 C2 C1 H6 112.081
Br3 C1 H5 106.708 Br3 C1 H6 106.708
Cl4 C2 H7 107.874 Cl4 C2 H8 107.874
H5 C1 H6 110.309 H7 C2 H8 109.413
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.999032
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.434875
Nuclear repulsion energy304.279403
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 QCISD(T)/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 3188 3058        
2 A 3165 3036        
3 A 3115 2988        
4 A 3095 2969        
5 A 1517 1455        
6 A 1509 1448        
7 A 1379 1323        
8 A 1327 1273        
9 A 1239 1189        
10 A 1170 1123        
11 A 1068 1024        
12 A 963 924        
13 A 893 857        
14 A 701 672        
15 A 578 555        
16 A 393 377        
17 A 246 236        
18 A 105 101        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12825.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12303.2 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
0.28829 0.04983 0.04440

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 1.125 -0.385
C2 1.293 0.904 0.406
Br3 -1.350 -0.226 0.036
Cl4 2.151 -0.588 -0.088
H5 -0.423 2.093 -0.125
H6 0.190 1.069 -1.463
H7 1.975 1.745 0.230
H8 1.081 0.829 1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51741.96752.75201.09461.09272.14432.1647
C21.51742.89781.79082.15372.17641.09691.0939
Br31.96752.89783.52092.50272.50863.87013.0158
Cl42.75201.79083.52093.71622.91172.36052.3664
H51.09462.15372.50273.71621.79262.44942.5349
H61.09272.17642.50862.91171.79262.55173.0809
H72.14431.09693.87012.36052.44942.55171.7870
H82.16471.09393.01582.36642.53493.08091.7870

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 112.322 C1 C2 H7 109.158
C1 C2 H8 110.951 C2 C1 Br3 111.868
C2 C1 Cl4 37.010 C2 C1 H6 111.960
Br3 C1 H5 106.100 Br3 C1 H6 106.596
Cl4 C2 H7 107.206 Cl4 C2 H8 107.780
H5 C1 H6 110.073 H7 C2 H8 109.317
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability