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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G

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 QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.557092
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.256724
Nuclear repulsion energy279.817403
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/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' 188 181 8.29      
2 A' 233 225 0.98      
3 A' 595 573 57.28      
4 A' 677 653 13.92      
5 A' 1088 1049 1.19      
6 A' 1265 1219 44.28      
7 A' 1349 1300 1.89      
8 A' 1532 1476 7.68      
9 A' 1537 1481 2.53      
10 A' 3117 3003 0.53      
11 A' 3123 3009 8.61      
12 A" 108 104 7.34      
13 A" 780 752 4.22      
14 A" 973 938 0.12      
15 A" 1137 1096 1.82      
16 A" 1330 1281 0.01      
17 A" 3184 3068 0.18      
18 A" 3205 3089 4.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12711.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12248.3 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/6-31G
ABC
0.92311 0.03060 0.02997

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.677 0.000
C2 1.226 -0.222 0.000
Br3 -1.635 -0.528 0.000
Cl4 2.790 0.873 0.000
H5 -0.076 1.290 0.902
H6 -0.076 1.290 -0.902
H7 1.296 -0.838 0.901
H8 1.296 -0.838 -0.901

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51982.03092.79701.09381.09382.18802.1880
C21.51982.87701.90972.18962.18961.09411.0941
Br32.03092.87704.64162.55962.55963.08213.0821
Cl42.79701.90974.64163.03323.03322.44412.4441
H51.09382.18962.55963.03321.80482.53213.1088
H61.09382.18962.55963.03321.80483.10882.5321
H72.18801.09413.08212.44412.53213.10881.8026
H82.18801.09413.08212.44413.10882.53211.8026

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 108.753 C1 C2 H7 112.640
C1 C2 H8 112.640 C2 C1 Br3 107.366
C2 C1 Cl4 40.280 C2 C1 H6 112.790
Br3 C1 H5 106.084 Br3 C1 H6 106.084
Cl4 C2 H7 105.685 Cl4 C2 H8 105.685
H5 C1 H6 111.186 H7 C2 H8 110.929
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3107.553439
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3107.252382
Nuclear repulsion energy296.273816
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/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 3178 3063 3.75      
2 A 3166 3051 0.74      
3 A 3099 2986 15.28      
4 A 3090 2977 3.24      
5 A 1522 1466 4.56      
6 A 1513 1458 7.20      
7 A 1362 1312 24.62      
8 A 1334 1286 43.71      
9 A 1222 1178 1.73      
10 A 1157 1115 1.41      
11 A 1068 1029 1.82      
12 A 947 913 6.53      
13 A 874 842 17.39      
14 A 607 585 20.83      
15 A 533 514 10.30      
16 A 373 359 8.37      
17 A 237 229 1.34      
18 A 91 88 0.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12685.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12223.7 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 QCISD/6-31G
ABC
0.27140 0.04712 0.04195

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 1.153 -0.406
C2 1.276 0.962 0.423
Br3 -1.384 -0.238 0.037
Cl4 2.229 -0.598 -0.087
H5 -0.453 2.117 -0.169
H6 0.199 1.064 -1.481
H7 1.979 1.787 0.257
H8 1.064 0.844 1.490

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.52092.02182.84101.09721.09442.16762.1886
C21.52092.94351.89802.16212.18951.09721.0947
Br32.02182.94353.63352.54032.55063.93213.0455
Cl42.84101.89803.63353.81752.97122.42352.4346
H51.09722.16212.54033.81751.80362.49092.5836
H61.09442.18952.55062.97121.80362.59013.1021
H72.16761.09723.93212.42352.49092.59011.8029
H82.18861.09473.04552.43462.58363.10211.8029

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 111.925 C1 C2 H7 110.728
C1 C2 H8 112.574 C2 C1 Br3 111.599
C2 C1 Cl4 38.299 C2 C1 H6 112.672
Br3 C1 H5 105.179 Br3 C1 H6 106.005
Cl4 C2 H7 104.838 Cl4 C2 H8 105.729
H5 C1 H6 110.764 H7 C2 H8 110.675
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability