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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.285034
Energy at 298.15K-614.290960
HF Energy-614.285034
Nuclear repulsion energy159.484056
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3832 3652 31.94      
2 A' 3136 2989 15.25      
3 A' 3033 2891 39.74      
4 A' 1556 1483 2.66      
5 A' 1519 1448 5.37      
6 A' 1482 1412 2.80      
7 A' 1329 1267 0.93      
8 A' 1254 1195 59.25      
9 A' 1122 1070 83.67      
10 A' 1047 998 18.20      
11 A' 799 762 70.40      
12 A' 396 378 2.21      
13 A' 250 238 10.14      
14 A" 3203 3053 7.26      
15 A" 3074 2930 46.26      
16 A" 1320 1258 0.09      
17 A" 1225 1168 0.69      
18 A" 1085 1034 3.70      
19 A" 811 773 0.11      
20 A" 228 217 133.55      
21 A" 129 123 17.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15915.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15169.0 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.98652 0.08207 0.07801

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.970 -0.559 0.000
C2 0.000 0.605 0.000
Cl3 -1.686 0.014 0.000
O4 2.259 0.014 0.000
H5 0.792 -1.182 0.889
H6 0.792 -1.182 -0.889
H7 0.140 1.222 0.889
H8 0.140 1.222 -0.889
H9 2.904 -0.704 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51532.71721.41041.10041.10042.15682.15681.9398
C21.51531.78682.33532.14722.14721.09151.09153.1859
Cl32.71721.78683.94522.89112.89112.36392.36394.6463
O41.41042.33533.94522.09132.09132.59622.59620.9652
H51.10042.14722.89112.09131.77892.49053.06052.3417
H61.10042.14722.89112.09131.77893.06052.49052.3417
H72.15681.09152.36392.59622.49053.06051.77863.4845
H82.15681.09152.36392.59623.06052.49051.77863.4845
H91.93983.18594.64630.96522.34172.34173.48453.4845

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 110.480 C1 C2 H7 110.605
C1 C2 H8 110.605 C1 O4 H9 108.009
C2 C1 O4 105.863 C2 C1 H5 109.321
C2 C1 H6 109.321 Cl3 C2 H7 107.974
Cl3 C2 H8 107.974 O4 C1 H5 112.211
O4 C1 H6 112.211 H5 C1 H6 107.861
H7 C2 H8 109.120
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.080      
2 C -0.444      
3 Cl -0.069      
4 O -0.630      
5 H 0.170      
6 H 0.170      
7 H 0.233      
8 H 0.233      
9 H 0.418      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.911 -1.040 0.000 2.175
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.803 -4.351 0.000
y -4.351 -29.565 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.234
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.404 -4.351 0.000
y -4.351 1.954 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.550
Polar
3z2-r2-1.100
x2-y2-2.238
xy-4.351
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.725 0.155 0.000
y 0.155 4.517 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.022


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.329
(<r2>)1/2 11.719