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All results from a given calculation for CH2FCH2OH (2-fluoroethanol)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-254.261764
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-254.261764
Nuclear repulsion energy130.990547
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3729 3572 22.32 55.92 0.26 0.41
2 A 3114 2983 51.55 52.66 0.68 0.81
3 A 3103 2973 33.22 87.43 0.36 0.53
4 A 3058 2929 32.44 101.89 0.15 0.27
5 A 3003 2877 52.75 107.49 0.23 0.37
6 A 1534 1470 2.23 5.91 0.73 0.84
7 A 1526 1462 1.57 13.93 0.74 0.85
8 A 1454 1393 43.30 6.36 0.66 0.79
9 A 1431 1371 26.85 4.55 0.74 0.85
10 A 1404 1345 3.87 10.99 0.75 0.86
11 A 1275 1221 8.53 11.81 0.72 0.84
12 A 1237 1185 18.33 7.58 0.75 0.86
13 A 1148 1100 6.06 2.13 0.34 0.51
14 A 1103 1057 91.24 4.18 0.74 0.85
15 A 1067 1022 55.59 1.83 0.61 0.76
16 A 907 869 13.69 6.08 0.38 0.55
17 A 877 840 32.33 5.00 0.42 0.59
18 A 525 503 9.73 1.15 0.74 0.85
19 A 445 427 134.59 3.42 0.74 0.85
20 A 321 308 10.26 0.28 0.61 0.76
21 A 161 154 11.77 0.03 0.39 0.56

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16210.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15529.9 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.51530 0.18701 0.15376

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.691 0.587 0.275
C2 -0.721 0.572 -0.275
O3 1.431 -0.529 -0.186
F4 -1.333 -0.611 0.159
H5 1.217 1.486 -0.066
H6 0.648 0.618 1.376
H7 -1.312 1.423 0.086
H8 -0.714 0.564 -1.370
H9 0.897 -1.311 0.032

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51581.41652.35581.09541.10232.17912.16401.9249
C21.51582.41921.40092.15302.14521.09681.09582.5015
O31.41652.41922.78702.03002.09013.37782.68310.9714
F42.35581.40092.78703.30952.63042.03512.02552.3409
H51.09542.15302.03003.30951.77682.53472.50612.8168
H61.10232.14522.09012.63041.77682.48113.06622.3643
H72.17911.09683.37782.03512.53472.48111.79333.5151
H82.16401.09582.68312.02552.50613.06621.79332.8417
H91.92492.50150.97142.34092.81682.36433.51512.8417

picture of 2-fluoroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 107.677 C1 C2 H7 112.038
C1 C2 H8 110.892 C1 O3 H9 105.928
C2 C1 O3 111.136 C2 C1 H5 110.035
C2 C1 H6 109.023 O3 C1 H5 107.143
O3 C1 H6 111.544
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.054      
2 C 0.026      
3 O -0.612      
4 F -0.323      
5 H 0.150      
6 H 0.135      
7 H 0.134      
8 H 0.147      
9 H 0.397      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.721 1.241 0.234 1.454
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.590 -0.686 1.384
y -0.686 -20.624 -0.452
z 1.384 -0.452 -23.330
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.613 -0.686 1.384
y -0.686 5.336 -0.452
z 1.384 -0.452 1.278
Polar
3z2-r22.555
x2-y2-7.966
xy-0.686
xz1.384
yz-0.452


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.949 -0.097 -0.025
y -0.097 4.185 0.039
z -0.025 0.039 3.652


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.892
(<r2>)1/2 8.938