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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.682547
Energy at 298.15K-612.688352
HF Energy-612.682547
Nuclear repulsion energy160.195342
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 LSDA/6-31G**
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' 3762 3692 32.46      
2 A' 3032 2976 12.04      
3 A' 2913 2858 40.90      
4 A' 1475 1448 3.83      
5 A' 1439 1412 5.00      
6 A' 1410 1384 0.84      
7 A' 1250 1227 3.94      
8 A' 1194 1172 31.76      
9 A' 1118 1097 89.86      
10 A' 1027 1008 38.00      
11 A' 791 776 59.55      
12 A' 392 385 2.80      
13 A' 239 235 9.90      
14 A" 3100 3042 4.07      
15 A" 2951 2896 41.74      
16 A" 1253 1230 0.33      
17 A" 1167 1145 0.32      
18 A" 1026 1007 4.12      
19 A" 784 769 0.35      
20 A" 201 197 121.81      
21 A" 123 121 25.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15323.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15036.9 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
0.98568 0.08328 0.07912

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.964 -0.549 0.000
C2 0.000 0.605 0.000
Cl3 -1.673 0.006 0.000
O4 2.243 0.021 0.000
H5 0.766 -1.180 0.894
H6 0.766 -1.180 -0.894
H7 0.147 1.229 0.895
H8 0.147 1.229 -0.895
H9 2.898 -0.699 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50352.69481.40061.11191.11192.15162.15161.9399
C21.50351.77732.31762.13792.13791.10101.10103.1774
Cl32.69481.77733.91622.85592.85592.36862.36864.6252
O41.40062.31763.91622.10292.10292.57922.57920.9729
H51.11192.13792.85592.10291.78902.48643.06362.3614
H61.11192.13792.85592.10291.78903.06362.48642.3614
H72.15161.10102.36862.57922.48643.06361.79063.4759
H82.15161.10102.36862.57923.06362.48641.79063.4759
H91.93993.17744.62520.97292.36142.36143.47593.4759

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 110.173 C1 C2 H7 110.444
C1 C2 H8 110.444 C1 O4 H9 108.288
C2 C1 O4 105.833 C2 C1 H5 108.736
C2 C1 H6 108.736 Cl3 C2 H7 108.458
Cl3 C2 H8 108.458 O4 C1 H5 113.147
O4 C1 H6 113.147 H5 C1 H6 107.113
H7 C2 H8 108.807
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.042      
2 C -0.393      
3 Cl -0.056      
4 O -0.511      
5 H 0.133      
6 H 0.133      
7 H 0.200      
8 H 0.200      
9 H 0.336      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.947 -0.962 0.000 2.172
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.118 -4.199 0.000
y -4.199 -29.756 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.334
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.573 -4.199 0.000
y -4.199 1.470 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.897
Polar
3z2-r2-1.794
x2-y2-1.362
xy-4.199
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.949 0.124 0.000
y 0.124 4.748 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.213


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.730
(<r2>)1/2 11.650