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

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G*

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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 CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3095.793055
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3095.305670
Nuclear repulsion energy285.952678
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/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' 200 191 6.62      
2 A' 255 244 1.14      
3 A' 671 642 50.38      
4 A' 744 711 11.10      
5 A' 1024 980 0.96      
6 A' 1289 1233 32.72      
7 A' 1375 1315 1.35      
8 A' 1559 1491 1.14      
9 A' 1564 1496 9.63      
10 A' 3116 2980 0.02      
11 A' 3124 2988 8.06      
12 A" 113 108 6.06      
13 A" 794 760 4.59      
14 A" 1008 964 0.13      
15 A" 1184 1132 1.94      
16 A" 1351 1292 0.05      
17 A" 3171 3033 0.06      
18 A" 3193 3054 2.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12866.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12307.0 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.93241 0.03213 0.03144

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.666 0.000
C2 1.232 -0.251 0.000
Br3 -1.611 -0.471 0.000
Cl4 2.738 0.774 0.000
H5 -0.038 1.286 0.898
H6 -0.038 1.286 -0.898
H7 1.256 -0.875 0.896
H8 1.256 -0.875 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.53561.97172.74051.09241.09242.18082.1808
C21.53562.85081.82252.18672.18671.09201.0920
Br31.97172.85084.52382.52392.52393.03053.0305
Cl42.74051.82254.52382.96232.96232.39182.3918
H51.09242.18672.52392.96231.79692.51913.0927
H61.09242.18672.52392.96231.79693.09272.5191
H72.18081.09203.03052.39182.51913.09271.7914
H82.18081.09203.03052.39183.09272.51911.7914

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 109.088 C1 C2 H7 111.064
C1 C2 H8 111.064 C2 C1 Br3 108.101
C2 C1 Cl4 38.938 C2 C1 H6 111.511
Br3 C1 H5 107.418 Br3 C1 H6 107.418
Cl4 C2 H7 107.640 Cl4 C2 H8 107.640
H5 C1 H6 110.672 H7 C2 H8 110.214
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-3095.790302
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-3095.302212
Nuclear repulsion energy303.722872
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/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 3171 3033 2.51      
2 A 3156 3019 0.58      
3 A 3102 2967 12.07      
4 A 3093 2958 3.63      
5 A 1551 1483 11.64      
6 A 1544 1476 2.07      
7 A 1389 1329 19.14      
8 A 1362 1303 28.43      
9 A 1253 1198 2.74      
10 A 1201 1149 1.33      
11 A 1028 983 0.60      
12 A 960 918 9.05      
13 A 901 862 15.85      
14 A 669 640 15.19      
15 A 602 576 7.72      
16 A 398 381 6.53      
17 A 245 235 1.15      
18 A 101 96 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12861.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12302.1 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.28098 0.05012 0.04449

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.001 1.139 -0.393
C2 1.290 0.924 0.413
Br3 -1.343 -0.231 0.037
Cl4 2.146 -0.593 -0.090
H5 -0.443 2.106 -0.135
H6 0.190 1.080 -1.468
H7 1.980 1.755 0.234
H8 1.072 0.841 1.481

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Br3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.53531.96672.77371.09511.09282.16572.1785
C21.53532.89941.81342.16842.18441.09541.0926
Br31.96672.89943.51012.51022.51633.87653.0106
Cl42.77371.81343.51013.74082.91922.37622.3829
H51.09512.16842.51023.74081.79722.47672.5511
H61.09282.18442.51632.91921.79722.56053.0866
H72.16571.09543.87652.37622.47672.56051.7934
H82.17851.09263.01062.38292.55113.08661.7934

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 111.576 C1 C2 H7 109.690
C1 C2 H8 110.869 C2 C1 Br3 111.176
C2 C1 Cl4 37.444 C2 C1 H6 111.325
Br3 C1 H5 106.649 Br3 C1 H6 107.180
Cl4 C2 H7 106.942 Cl4 C2 H8 107.566
H5 C1 H6 110.459 H7 C2 H8 110.104
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability