return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CH2CH2OH (2-hydroxy ethyl radical)

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 2A'
1 2 yes C1 2A

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.867549
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.587097
Nuclear repulsion energy73.664013
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 CID/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' 3582 3333 1.01      
2 A' 3212 2988 7.91      
3 A' 3067 2853 44.44      
4 A' 1634 1521 2.02      
5 A' 1553 1445 0.60      
6 A' 1508 1403 5.14      
7 A' 1291 1201 62.02      
8 A' 1026 955 51.28      
9 A' 990 921 21.82      
10 A' 630 586 20.57      
11 A' 366 340 33.91      
12 A" 3318 3087 13.43      
13 A" 3093 2878 58.23      
14 A" 1357 1263 0.00      
15 A" 1204 1120 1.44      
16 A" 860 800 0.12      
17 A" 295 274 153.86      
18 A" 51i 47i 0.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14466.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13461.0 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
1.20209 0.32187 0.28210

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.119 -0.401 0.000
C2 0.000 0.561 0.000
C3 1.280 -0.232 0.000
H4 -1.957 0.119 0.000
H5 -0.037 1.205 0.887
H6 -0.037 1.205 -0.887
H7 1.653 -0.645 -0.928
H8 1.653 -0.645 0.928

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.47552.40480.98672.12982.12982.93362.9336
C21.47551.50532.00641.09681.09682.24662.2466
C32.40481.50533.25612.14122.14121.08201.0820
H40.98672.00643.25612.37742.37743.80553.8055
H52.12981.09682.14122.37741.77403.09382.5060
H62.12981.09682.14122.37741.77402.50603.0938
H72.93362.24661.08203.80553.09382.50601.8555
H82.93362.24661.08203.80552.50603.09381.8555

picture of 2-hydroxy ethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 107.555 O1 C2 H5 110.923
O1 C2 H6 110.923 C2 O1 H4 107.490
C2 C3 H7 119.635 C2 C3 H8 119.635
C3 C2 H5 109.751 C3 C2 H6 109.751
H5 C2 H6 107.938 H7 C3 H8 118.054
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.868927
Energy at 298.15K-152.873525
HF Energy-152.588559
Nuclear repulsion energy73.979442
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 CID/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 3615 3364 0.34      
2 A 3342 3109 5.66      
3 A 3224 3000 5.78      
4 A 3042 2831 57.77      
5 A 3005 2796 54.17      
6 A 1623 1510 2.25      
7 A 1523 1417 3.93      
8 A 1506 1401 2.23      
9 A 1316 1224 61.88      
10 A 1267 1179 3.07      
11 A 1121 1044 3.10      
12 A 1060 986 44.50      
13 A 1012 941 7.57      
14 A 895 833 13.77      
15 A 432 402 15.06      
16 A 379 352 68.00      
17 A 279 260 121.48      
18 A 131 122 22.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14385.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13385.9 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
1.26911 0.33075 0.27676

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.120 -0.387 -0.032
C2 0.002 0.552 0.027
C3 1.257 -0.272 -0.026
H4 -1.958 0.126 0.025
H5 -0.029 1.148 0.954
H6 -0.019 1.262 -0.813
H7 2.223 0.205 -0.123
H8 1.190 -1.324 0.208

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.46432.37970.98452.12552.13143.39602.5041
C21.46431.50232.00541.10251.09992.25312.2281
C32.37971.50233.23972.15172.14511.08141.0801
H40.98452.00543.23972.37192.39804.18413.4707
H52.12551.10252.15172.37191.77072.66862.8551
H62.13141.09992.14512.39801.77072.57343.0323
H73.39602.25311.08144.18412.66862.57341.8744
H82.50412.22811.08013.47072.85513.03231.8744

picture of 2-hydroxy ethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 106.664 O1 C2 H5 111.015
O1 C2 H6 111.655 C2 O1 H4 108.359
C2 C3 H7 120.521 C2 C3 H8 118.350
C3 C2 H5 110.445 C3 C2 H6 110.081
H5 C2 H6 107.020 H7 C3 H8 120.263
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability