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All results from a given calculation for CH2CH2OH (2-hydroxy ethyl radical)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 2A'
1 2 yes C1 2A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.943018
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.460571
Nuclear repulsion energy74.646326
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 CCD/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' 3906 3681 19.89      
2 A' 3242 3054 7.60      
3 A' 3088 2910 56.87      
4 A' 1578 1487 0.67      
5 A' 1535 1446 3.54      
6 A' 1467 1382 9.32      
7 A' 1251 1179 59.51      
8 A' 1094 1031 98.47      
9 A' 1019 961 27.10      
10 A' 628 592 21.34      
11 A' 388 366 38.51      
12 A" 3355 3162 10.00      
13 A" 3133 2953 46.19      
14 A" 1323 1247 0.30      
15 A" 1203 1133 1.19      
16 A" 829 781 0.56      
17 A" 244 230 145.99      
18 A" 42i 39i 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14620.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13776.4 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
1.25152 0.32802 0.28951

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.109 -0.375 0.000
C2 0.000 0.544 0.000
C3 1.263 -0.248 0.000
H4 -1.925 0.137 0.000
H5 -0.045 1.182 0.887
H6 -0.045 1.182 -0.887
H7 1.656 -0.640 -0.927
H8 1.656 -0.640 0.927

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.44032.37620.96332.08412.08412.92842.9284
C21.44031.49071.96791.09391.09392.23612.2361
C32.37621.49073.21202.13162.13161.07991.0799
H40.96331.96793.21202.32692.32693.77993.7799
H52.08411.09392.13162.32691.77423.08242.4928
H62.08411.09392.13162.32691.77422.49283.0824
H72.92842.23611.07993.77993.08242.49281.8530
H82.92842.23611.07993.77992.49283.08241.8530

picture of 2-hydroxy ethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 108.323 O1 C2 H5 109.901
O1 C2 H6 109.901 C2 O1 H4 108.282
C2 C3 H7 120.046 C2 C3 H8 120.046
C3 C2 H5 110.170 C3 C2 H6 110.170
H5 C2 H6 108.372 H7 C3 H8 118.183
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.943698
Energy at 298.15K-153.948321
HF Energy-153.461415
Nuclear repulsion energy74.889700
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 CCD/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 3927 3700 27.75      
2 A 3368 3174 5.66      
3 A 3249 3061 5.88      
4 A 3087 2908 50.76      
5 A 3027 2853 58.70      
6 A 1563 1473 2.72      
7 A 1522 1434 7.29      
8 A 1467 1383 5.38      
9 A 1297 1222 52.50      
10 A 1253 1181 18.76      
11 A 1148 1082 35.37      
12 A 1107 1043 41.80      
13 A 1001 943 8.67      
14 A 892 841 16.11      
15 A 465 438 24.57      
16 A 387 364 56.03      
17 A 256 241 120.10      
18 A 138 130 17.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14576.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13735.6 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
1.32501 0.33425 0.28330

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.106 -0.381 -0.058
C2 -0.010 0.529 0.036
C3 1.251 -0.255 -0.018
H4 -1.920 0.105 0.103
H5 -0.074 1.100 0.975
H6 -0.042 1.257 -0.783
H7 2.188 0.239 -0.223
H8 1.249 -1.291 0.281

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.42702.36040.96172.07942.08433.35562.5471
C21.42701.48621.95701.10081.09692.23262.2269
C32.36041.48623.19352.13962.13191.07881.0785
H40.96171.95703.19352.27102.37504.12293.4675
H52.07941.10082.13962.27101.76572.70072.8196
H62.08431.09692.13192.37501.76572.51463.0488
H73.35562.23261.07884.12292.70072.51461.8646
H82.54712.22691.07853.46752.81963.04881.8646

picture of 2-hydroxy ethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 108.223 O1 C2 H5 110.023
O1 C2 H6 110.658 C2 O1 H4 108.445
C2 C3 H7 120.175 C2 C3 H8 119.685
C3 C2 H5 110.711 C3 C2 H6 110.331
H5 C2 H6 106.908 H7 C3 H8 119.608
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability