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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHOH (ethenol)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

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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-152.041766
Energy at 298.15K-152.046066
Nuclear repulsion energy70.336848
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' 3889 3511 27.81      
2 A' 3427 3093 13.76      
3 A' 3396 3065 3.00      
4 A' 3332 3007 4.87      
5 A' 1848 1668 135.53      
6 A' 1612 1455 17.83      
7 A' 1478 1334 1.82      
8 A' 1453 1312 7.59      
9 A' 1185 1069 191.10      
10 A' 1036 936 56.69      
11 A' 529 477 17.33      
12 A" 1157 1044 8.31      
13 A" 1041 939 146.08      
14 A" 779 703 1.07      
15 A" 463 418 197.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13312.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12015.4 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
2.05368 0.35017 0.29916

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 1.214 -0.061 0.000
C2 0.000 0.441 0.000
O3 -1.188 -0.254 0.000
H4 1.402 -1.118 0.000
H5 2.066 0.586 0.000
H6 -0.189 1.494 0.000
H7 -1.060 -1.211 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.31392.40981.07371.06982.09432.5489
C21.31391.37652.09672.07151.06931.9637
O32.40981.37652.72983.36102.01310.9658
H41.07372.09672.72981.82893.05812.4637
H51.06982.07153.36101.82892.43153.6065
H62.09431.06932.01313.05812.43152.8420
H72.54891.96370.96582.46373.60652.8420

picture of ethenol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 127.183 C1 C2 H6 122.659
C2 C1 H4 122.524 C2 C1 H5 120.345
C2 O3 H7 112.756 O3 C2 H6 110.158
H4 C1 H5 117.132
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 -0.538      
2 C 0.163      
3 O -0.699      
4 H 0.205      
5 H 0.221      
6 H 0.254      
7 H 0.394      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.968 -0.843 0.000 1.284
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.742 1.367 0.000
y 1.367 -13.769 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.639
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.538 1.367 0.000
y 1.367 6.922 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.384
Polar
3z2-r2-6.767
x2-y2-6.973
xy1.367
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.685 -0.305 0.000
y -0.305 3.426 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.963


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000