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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2OH (Ethanol)

using model chemistry: SVWN/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 SVWN/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.235222
Energy at 298.15K-154.241860
HF Energy-154.235222
Nuclear repulsion energy82.184389
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 SVWN/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' 3750 3689 15.77 127.10 0.29 0.45
2 A' 3094 3044 13.78 61.85 0.74 0.85
3 A' 2998 2949 9.98 115.54 0.00 0.01
4 A' 2891 2844 72.36 125.11 0.10 0.18
5 A' 1481 1457 3.63 5.35 0.58 0.74
6 A' 1448 1424 3.35 28.96 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1417 1393 14.66 5.76 0.72 0.84
8 A' 1340 1318 5.56 1.55 0.63 0.78
9 A' 1232 1212 92.72 7.43 0.75 0.86
10 A' 1141 1123 47.84 5.04 0.65 0.79
11 A' 1031 1014 34.84 4.17 0.17 0.28
12 A' 906 891 9.21 3.26 0.60 0.75
13 A' 409 402 12.03 0.22 0.75 0.85
14 A" 3089 3039 15.95 53.85 0.75 0.86
15 A" 2918 2870 68.36 98.18 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1423 1400 7.84 17.64 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1252 1232 0.37 15.82 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1146 1127 5.31 2.95 0.75 0.86
19 A" 794 781 0.43 0.22 0.75 0.86
20 A" 304 299 101.49 4.78 0.75 0.86
21 A" 251 247 32.71 1.05 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17156.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9837) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16876.7 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 SVWN/6-31G**
ABC
1.16957 0.32025 0.27798

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.153 -0.410 0.000
C2 0.000 0.550 0.000
O3 -1.181 -0.210 0.000
H4 -1.935 0.405 0.000
H5 2.116 0.123 0.000
H6 1.108 -1.057 0.891
H7 1.108 -1.057 -0.891
H8 0.067 1.213 0.892
H9 0.067 1.213 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50042.34263.19391.10151.10191.10192.14682.1468
C21.50041.40471.94072.15912.14602.14601.11351.1135
O32.34261.40470.97323.31452.59882.59882.09292.0929
H43.19391.94070.97324.06153.49233.49232.33652.3365
H51.10152.15913.31454.06151.78981.78982.48642.4864
H61.10192.14602.59883.49231.78981.78192.49743.0687
H71.10192.14602.59883.49231.78981.78193.06872.4974
H82.14681.11352.09292.33652.48642.49743.06871.7844
H92.14681.11352.09292.33652.48643.06872.49741.7844

picture of Ethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 107.441 C1 C2 H8 109.544
C1 C2 H9 109.544 C2 C1 H5 111.234
C2 C1 H6 110.170 C2 C1 H7 110.170
C2 O3 H4 108.023 O3 C2 H8 111.906
O3 C2 H9 111.906 H5 C1 H6 108.635
H5 C1 H7 108.635 H6 C1 H7 107.912
H8 C2 H9 106.490
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.430      
2 C -0.053      
3 O -0.506      
4 H 0.325      
5 H 0.136      
6 H 0.154      
7 H 0.154      
8 H 0.110      
9 H 0.110      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.149 1.464 0.000 1.471
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.085 -2.345 0.000
y -2.345 -19.780 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.002
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.806 -2.345 0.000
y -2.345 -1.236 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.570
Polar
3z2-r2-3.140
x2-y22.695
xy-2.345
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.554 -0.154 0.000
y -0.154 4.060 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.718


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 53.381
(<r2>)1/2 7.306