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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-614.221102
Energy at 298.15K-614.226969
HF Energy-614.221102
Nuclear repulsion energy156.783844
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' 3719 3555 12.64      
2 A' 3167 3027 8.65      
3 A' 3054 2919 29.64      
4 A' 1571 1501 2.67      
5 A' 1531 1464 6.91      
6 A' 1472 1407 0.97      
7 A' 1321 1263 0.90      
8 A' 1254 1199 40.13      
9 A' 1059 1012 7.24      
10 A' 1043 997 95.10      
11 A' 738 705 83.90      
12 A' 381 364 2.40      
13 A' 244 234 14.18      
14 A" 3249 3106 4.90      
15 A" 3106 2969 41.21      
16 A" 1330 1271 0.24      
17 A" 1213 1160 0.75      
18 A" 1071 1024 2.32      
19 A" 830 794 0.72      
20 A" 233 223 185.52      
21 A" 120 114 21.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15853.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9559) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15153.9 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
ABC
0.96550 0.07912 0.07522

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 1.006 -0.510 0.000
C2 0.000 0.618 0.000
Cl3 -1.722 -0.090 0.000
O4 2.290 0.150 0.000
H5 0.869 -1.137 0.891
H6 0.869 -1.137 -0.891
H7 0.086 1.232 0.894
H8 0.086 1.232 -0.894
H9 3.015 -0.500 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51102.75991.44361.09761.09762.16362.16362.0088
C21.51101.86192.33692.15072.15071.08851.08853.2150
Cl32.75991.86194.01892.93262.93262.41222.41224.7543
O41.44362.33694.01892.11382.11382.61272.61270.9736
H51.09762.15072.93262.11381.78132.49483.06762.4091
H61.09762.15072.93262.11381.78133.06762.49482.4091
H72.16361.08852.41222.61272.49483.06761.78853.5179
H82.16361.08852.41222.61273.06762.49481.78853.5179
H92.00883.21504.75430.97362.40912.40913.51793.5179

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 109.382 C1 C2 H7 111.638
C1 C2 H8 111.638 C1 O4 H9 110.915
C2 C1 O4 104.521 C2 C1 H5 110.056
C2 C1 H6 110.056 Cl3 C2 H7 106.733
Cl3 C2 H8 106.733 O4 C1 H5 111.845
O4 C1 H6 111.845 H5 C1 H6 108.479
H7 C2 H8 110.472
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 -0.065      
2 C -0.489      
3 Cl -0.043      
4 O -0.635      
5 H 0.181      
6 H 0.181      
7 H 0.242      
8 H 0.242      
9 H 0.386      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.249 -1.127 0.000 2.515
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.524 -5.345 0.000
y -5.345 -30.256 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.368
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.712 -5.345 0.000
y -5.345 1.690 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.022
Polar
3z2-r20.044
x2-y2-2.267
xy-5.345
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.929 0.466 0.000
y 0.466 4.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.577


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 141.861
(<r2>)1/2 11.911