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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.325582
Energy at 298.15K-614.331431
HF Energy-614.126196
Nuclear repulsion energy158.739436
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 B2PLYP/6-31+G**
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' 3866 3682 42.78      
2 A' 3146 2996 14.62      
3 A' 3063 2917 37.39      
4 A' 1553 1479 2.01      
5 A' 1520 1448 4.67      
6 A' 1464 1395 1.93      
7 A' 1325 1262 4.23      
8 A' 1236 1177 50.89      
9 A' 1069 1018 102.91      
10 A' 1034 985 8.82      
11 A' 779 742 73.78      
12 A' 393 374 2.44      
13 A' 251 239 11.02      
14 A" 3216 3063 5.53      
15 A" 3112 2964 31.36      
16 A" 1319 1257 0.04      
17 A" 1221 1163 0.40      
18 A" 1084 1032 2.58      
19 A" 814 775 0.03      
20 A" 196 186 121.33      
21 A" 120 114 35.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15889.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9524) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15133.5 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 B2PLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.98185 0.08118 0.07717

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.970 -0.557 0.000
C2 0.000 0.610 0.000
Cl3 -1.696 0.004 0.000
O4 2.274 0.025 0.000
H5 0.808 -1.175 0.890
H6 0.808 -1.175 -0.890
H7 0.133 1.222 0.889
H8 0.133 1.222 -0.889
H9 2.934 -0.678 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51732.72391.42761.09481.09482.15782.15781.9677
C21.51731.80032.34762.15142.15141.08771.08773.2040
Cl32.72391.80033.96912.90712.90712.36992.36994.6794
O41.42762.34763.96912.09182.09182.60882.60880.9642
H51.09482.15142.90712.09181.77902.48993.06002.3569
H61.09482.15142.90712.09181.77903.06002.48992.3569
H72.15781.08772.36992.60882.48993.06001.77823.4994
H82.15781.08772.36992.60883.06002.48991.77823.4994
H91.96773.20404.67940.96422.35692.35693.49943.4994

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 110.089 C1 C2 H7 110.780
C1 C2 H8 110.780 C1 O4 H9 109.171
C2 C1 O4 105.683 C2 C1 H5 109.845
C2 C1 H6 109.845 Cl3 C2 H7 107.719
Cl3 C2 H8 107.719 O4 C1 H5 111.376
O4 C1 H6 111.376 H5 C1 H6 108.685
H7 C2 H8 109.655
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.073      
2 C -0.354      
3 Cl -0.049      
4 O -0.554      
5 H 0.141      
6 H 0.141      
7 H 0.197      
8 H 0.197      
9 H 0.354      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.685 -1.165 0.000 2.048
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.509 -4.802 0.000
y -4.802 -30.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.133
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.204 -4.802 0.000
y -4.802 2.345 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.141
Polar
3z2-r2-0.281
x2-y2-3.032
xy-4.802
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.535 0.248 0.000
y 0.248 5.333 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.878


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.294
(<r2>)1/2 11.802