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

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-610.045684
Energy at 298.15K-610.051763
HF Energy-610.045684
Nuclear repulsion energy158.482492
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/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' 3877 3499 21.59      
2 A' 3303 2981 10.82      
3 A' 3214 2901 26.57      
4 A' 1706 1540 1.79      
5 A' 1652 1491 8.92      
6 A' 1586 1432 3.48      
7 A' 1430 1291 2.79      
8 A' 1328 1198 76.76      
9 A' 1120 1011 56.47      
10 A' 1057 954 21.92      
11 A' 773 698 112.84      
12 A' 400 361 1.09      
13 A' 268 242 14.43      
14 A" 3369 3041 4.19      
15 A" 3254 2937 43.81      
16 A" 1448 1307 0.42      
17 A" 1317 1189 1.78      
18 A" 1162 1049 3.49      
19 A" 891 805 0.15      
20 A" 270 243 187.45      
21 A" 136 123 14.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16781.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15146.6 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.98037 0.08092 0.07688

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.976 -0.565 0.000
C2 0.000 0.603 0.000
Cl3 -1.701 -0.013 0.000
O4 2.271 0.065 0.000
H5 0.822 -1.174 0.881
H6 0.822 -1.174 -0.881
H7 0.132 1.204 0.882
H8 0.132 1.204 -0.882
H9 2.981 -0.590 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52182.73351.44041.08251.08252.14882.14882.0045
C21.52181.80892.33402.14692.14691.07531.07533.2104
Cl32.73351.80893.97312.91382.91382.37032.37034.7170
O41.44042.33403.97312.10112.10112.57842.57840.9660
H51.08252.14692.91382.10111.76242.47603.03942.4036
H61.08252.14692.91382.10111.76243.03942.47602.4036
H72.14881.07532.37032.57842.47603.03941.76333.4797
H82.14881.07532.37032.57843.03942.47601.76333.4797
H92.00453.21044.71700.96602.40362.40363.47973.4797

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 110.014 C1 C2 H7 110.485
C1 C2 H8 110.485 C1 O4 H9 111.287
C2 C1 O4 103.953 C2 C1 H5 109.903
C2 C1 H6 109.903 Cl3 C2 H7 107.814
Cl3 C2 H8 107.814 O4 C1 H5 112.001
O4 C1 H6 112.001 H5 C1 H6 108.983
H7 C2 H8 110.154
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.084      
2 C -0.490      
3 Cl -0.108      
4 O -0.682      
5 H 0.212      
6 H 0.212      
7 H 0.278      
8 H 0.278      
9 H 0.386      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.089 -1.285 0.000 2.452
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.068 -4.951 0.000
y -4.951 -30.139 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.610
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.193 -4.951 0.000
y -4.951 2.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.007
Polar
3z2-r2-0.013
x2-y2-2.929
xy-4.951
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.473 0.259 0.000
y 0.259 3.983 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.516


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.428
(<r2>)1/2 11.808