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Barriers to Internal Rotation or Inversion for CH2ClCH2Cl (Ethane, 1,2-dichloro-)

Energies in kJ mol-1
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The entries represent the energy of the barrier to internal rotation. For inversion the entries represent the highest energy scanned.

Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1 16.8

Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 45.7 41.8 42.1 42.8 42.3              
density functional B3LYP 41.3 37.7 37.9 37.2 37.0              
wB97X-D   36.6     35.9              
B97D3         36.2 36.6 36.2 35.8 35.8 35.8    
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 40.6 39.5 39.4 39.3 37.9              
MP2=FULL         38.7   36.4 38.3   37.7 36.6 35.4
B2PLYP             37.1          
Coupled Cluster CCSD   38.5     37.8   37.0          
CCSD=FULL         38.6     38.2   37.6    
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
For descriptions of the methods (AM1, HF, MP2, ...) and basis sets (3-21G, 3-21G*, 6-31G, ...) see the glossary in section I.C. Predefined means the basis set used is determined by the method.
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