9calculate and plot energies at dihedral angles from 0o to

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Energetics of bond rotation in 1,2-dichloroethane

Energetics of C-C bond rotation (dihedral angle driver).

9calculate and plot energies at dihedral angles from 0^o to 360^o to produce a torsion angle energy profile. As an alternative, you could calculate the energy of 13 different conformations of 1,2- dichloroethane with the Cl-C-C-Cl torsional angle differing by 30^o for each conformer. You will then need to plot this data from 0^o to 360^o to produce a torsion angle energy profile. Discuss your findings, paying particular attention to the least and most favoured conformations, and also the shape of the torsion angle energy profile.

Discuss your findings, paying particular attention to the least and most favoured conformations.

Discuss and explain the shape of the torsion/dihedral angle energy profile, and relate it to the geometry of the molecule for each minimum/maximum in the energy profile.