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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.539635
Energy at 298.15K-614.545477
HF Energy-614.539635
Nuclear repulsion energy159.361810
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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3874 3724 36.61      
2 A' 3102 2983 14.47      
3 A' 2998 2883 37.23      
4 A' 1521 1462 2.35      
5 A' 1485 1427 4.23      
6 A' 1455 1399 3.43      
7 A' 1293 1243 2.71      
8 A' 1231 1184 45.64      
9 A' 1097 1054 85.88      
10 A' 1028 988 17.21      
11 A' 785 755 64.70      
12 A' 390 375 1.96      
13 A' 244 235 8.42      
14 A" 3170 3048 6.35      
15 A" 3039 2922 39.39      
16 A" 1295 1245 0.05      
17 A" 1203 1156 0.83      
18 A" 1054 1014 2.41      
19 A" 794 764 0.15      
20 A" 205 198 109.39      
21 A" 121 116 15.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15691.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15085.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.98453 0.08189 0.07782

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.970 -0.558 0.000
C2 0.000 0.610 0.000
Cl3 -1.687 0.015 0.000
O4 2.264 0.007 0.000
H5 0.788 -1.180 0.889
H6 0.788 -1.180 -0.889
H7 0.133 1.227 0.890
H8 0.133 1.227 -0.890
H9 2.902 -0.710 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51772.71811.41161.10021.10022.16242.16241.9379
C21.51771.78882.34282.14822.14821.09081.09083.1880
Cl32.71811.78883.95102.88862.88862.36072.36074.6459
O41.41162.34283.95102.09222.09222.61162.61160.9598
H51.10022.14822.88862.09221.77702.49473.06352.3408
H61.10022.14822.88862.09221.77703.06352.49472.3408
H72.16241.09082.36072.61162.49473.06351.77913.4943
H82.16241.09082.36072.61163.06352.49471.77913.4943
H91.93793.18804.64590.95982.34082.34083.49433.4943

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 110.314 C1 C2 H7 110.923
C1 C2 H8 110.923 C1 O4 H9 108.096
C2 C1 O4 106.165 C2 C1 H5 109.241
C2 C1 H6 109.241 Cl3 C2 H7 107.650
Cl3 C2 H8 107.650 O4 C1 H5 112.213
O4 C1 H6 112.213 H5 C1 H6 107.717
H7 C2 H8 109.267
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.090      
2 C -0.229      
3 Cl -0.168      
4 O -0.448      
5 H 0.130      
6 H 0.130      
7 H 0.181      
8 H 0.181      
9 H 0.311      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.860 -0.906 0.000 2.069
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.602 -3.976 0.000
y -3.976 -29.367 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.961
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.438 -3.976 0.000
y -3.976 1.915 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.477
Polar
3z2-r2-0.954
x2-y2-2.236
xy-3.976
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.267 0.065 0.000
y 0.065 5.062 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.612


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.435
(<r2>)1/2 11.723