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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCH2OH (2-Chloroethanol)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.038173
Energy at 298.15K-613.044313
HF Energy-613.038173
Nuclear repulsion energy159.871032
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 HF/6-311G*
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' 4176 3777 46.68      
2 A' 3282 2968 26.77      
3 A' 3190 2885 49.18      
4 A' 1672 1513 1.71      
5 A' 1636 1480 8.37      
6 A' 1603 1450 2.78      
7 A' 1440 1303 1.35      
8 A' 1347 1218 119.00      
9 A' 1189 1076 93.58      
10 A' 1098 993 9.01      
11 A' 815 737 112.74      
12 A' 416 377 1.42      
13 A' 269 244 11.32      
14 A" 3347 3027 17.42      
15 A" 3226 2918 59.29      
16 A" 1432 1295 0.43      
17 A" 1331 1204 2.07      
18 A" 1168 1057 5.68      
19 A" 865 783 0.05      
20 A" 274 248 171.83      
21 A" 142 128 13.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16960.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15338.7 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.99944 0.08202 0.07799

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.980 -0.546 0.000
C2 0.000 0.607 0.000
Cl3 -1.689 -0.005 0.000
O4 2.254 0.031 0.000
H5 0.824 -1.163 0.880
H6 0.824 -1.163 -0.880
H7 0.120 1.216 0.880
H8 0.120 1.216 -0.880
H9 2.917 -0.634 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51302.72301.39941.08591.08592.14932.14931.9393
C21.51301.79652.32652.14122.14121.07711.07713.1700
Cl32.72301.79653.94352.90332.90332.35302.35304.6488
O41.39942.32653.94352.06102.06102.59512.59510.9393
H51.08592.14122.90332.06101.76002.48083.04192.3315
H61.08592.14122.90332.06101.76003.04192.48082.3315
H72.14931.07712.35302.59512.48083.04191.76073.4674
H82.14931.07712.35302.59513.04192.48081.76073.4674
H91.93933.17004.64880.93932.33152.33153.46743.4674

picture of 2-Chloroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 110.439 C1 C2 H7 111.041
C1 C2 H8 111.041 C1 O4 H9 110.490
C2 C1 O4 105.969 C2 C1 H5 109.869
C2 C1 H6 109.869 Cl3 C2 H7 107.273
Cl3 C2 H8 107.273 O4 C1 H5 111.423
O4 C1 H6 111.423 H5 C1 H6 108.277
H7 C2 H8 109.631
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.093      
2 C -0.452      
3 Cl -0.149      
4 O -0.671      
5 H 0.201      
6 H 0.201      
7 H 0.266      
8 H 0.266      
9 H 0.429      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.177 -1.156 0.000 2.465
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.173 -4.772 0.000
y -4.772 -30.308 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.770
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.135 -4.772 0.000
y -4.772 2.164 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.029
Polar
3z2-r2-0.058
x2-y2-2.866
xy-4.772
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.774 0.295 0.000
y 0.295 4.428 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.861


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.806
(<r2>)1/2 11.739