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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.583273
Energy at 298.15K-614.589193
HF Energy-614.583273
Nuclear repulsion energy159.181656
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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' 3831 3688 20.97      
2 A' 3108 2992 20.50      
3 A' 3006 2894 45.60      
4 A' 1538 1481 2.05      
5 A' 1501 1445 4.60      
6 A' 1471 1416 1.48      
7 A' 1322 1273 0.07      
8 A' 1248 1202 65.94      
9 A' 1088 1047 87.51      
10 A' 1036 997 18.03      
11 A' 776 747 76.44      
12 A' 390 375 2.46      
13 A' 247 238 10.39      
14 A" 3173 3055 11.46      
15 A" 3045 2932 47.02      
16 A" 1318 1269 0.04      
17 A" 1220 1175 0.30      
18 A" 1076 1036 5.82      
19 A" 809 778 0.18      
20 A" 241 232 149.92      
21 A" 128 123 14.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15785.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15197.0 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.98825 0.08161 0.07759

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.975 -0.553 0.000
C2 0.000 0.604 0.000
Cl3 -1.692 0.002 0.000
O4 2.264 0.031 0.000
H5 0.808 -1.175 0.889
H6 0.808 -1.175 -0.889
H7 0.130 1.220 0.889
H8 0.130 1.220 -0.889
H9 2.920 -0.672 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51322.72431.41491.09861.09862.15602.15601.9480
C21.51321.79602.33602.14712.14711.08901.08903.1867
Cl32.72431.79603.95652.90242.90242.36502.36504.6607
O41.41492.33603.95652.08992.08992.60042.60040.9611
H51.09862.14712.90242.08991.77902.48963.05942.3463
H61.09862.14712.90242.08991.77903.05942.48962.3463
H72.15601.08902.36502.60042.48963.05941.77733.4866
H82.15601.08902.36502.60043.05942.48961.77733.4866
H91.94803.18674.66070.96112.34632.34633.48663.4866

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 110.530 C1 C2 H7 110.836
C1 C2 H8 110.836 C1 O4 H9 108.639
C2 C1 O4 105.789 C2 C1 H5 109.562
C2 C1 H6 109.562 Cl3 C2 H7 107.576
Cl3 C2 H8 107.576 O4 C1 H5 111.886
O4 C1 H6 111.886 H5 C1 H6 108.121
H7 C2 H8 109.374
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.191      
2 C -0.524      
3 Cl -0.096      
4 O -0.575      
5 H 0.214      
6 H 0.214      
7 H 0.277      
8 H 0.277      
9 H 0.402      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.012 -1.142 0.000 2.313
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.246 -4.555 0.000
y -4.555 -30.174 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.643
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.337 -4.555 0.000
y -4.555 1.771 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.433
Polar
3z2-r2-0.867
x2-y2-2.072
xy-4.555
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.219 0.206 0.000
y 0.206 4.774 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.084


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.225
(<r2>)1/2 11.757