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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.697384
Energy at 298.15K-614.703280
HF Energy-614.697384
Nuclear repulsion energy158.393592
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 B3LYP/6-311G*
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' 3797 3669 17.33      
2 A' 3105 3000 20.22      
3 A' 3002 2901 45.00      
4 A' 1543 1491 1.82      
5 A' 1506 1455 4.03      
6 A' 1470 1421 1.78      
7 A' 1321 1277 0.05      
8 A' 1247 1205 69.46      
9 A' 1063 1027 82.34      
10 A' 1024 989 19.90      
11 A' 753 727 80.14      
12 A' 385 372 1.95      
13 A' 248 240 10.29      
14 A" 3167 3060 12.20      
15 A" 3038 2935 48.49      
16 A" 1317 1273 0.04      
17 A" 1217 1176 0.32      
18 A" 1073 1037 5.70      
19 A" 811 784 0.15      
20 A" 240 232 146.19      
21 A" 126 121 14.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15725.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15195.8 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.98301 0.08065 0.07670

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.986 -0.547 0.000
C2 0.000 0.606 0.000
Cl3 -1.703 -0.014 0.000
O4 2.275 0.054 0.000
H5 0.827 -1.170 0.889
H6 0.827 -1.170 -0.889
H7 0.120 1.222 0.889
H8 0.120 1.222 -0.889
H9 2.941 -0.643 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51742.74201.42221.09751.09752.16062.16061.9570
C21.51741.81282.34152.15192.15191.08781.08783.1950
Cl32.74201.81283.97942.92112.92112.37552.37554.6866
O41.42222.34153.97942.09412.09412.60742.60740.9631
H51.09752.15192.92112.09411.77882.49413.06312.3529
H61.09752.15192.92112.09411.77883.06312.49412.3529
H72.16061.08782.37552.60742.49413.06311.77763.4959
H82.16061.08782.37552.60743.06312.49411.77763.4959
H91.95703.19504.68660.96312.35292.35293.49593.4959

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 110.535 C1 C2 H7 110.988
C1 C2 H8 110.988 C1 O4 H9 108.723
C2 C1 O4 105.555 C2 C1 H5 109.716
C2 C1 H6 109.716 Cl3 C2 H7 107.307
Cl3 C2 H8 107.307 O4 C1 H5 111.777
O4 C1 H6 111.777 H5 C1 H6 108.269
H7 C2 H8 109.579
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.165      
2 C -0.484      
3 Cl -0.108      
4 O -0.569      
5 H 0.202      
6 H 0.202      
7 H 0.263      
8 H 0.263      
9 H 0.394      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.059 -1.110 0.000 2.339
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.579 -4.566 0.000
y -4.566 -30.541 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.913
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.352 -4.566 0.000
y -4.566 1.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.353
Polar
3z2-r2-0.705
x2-y2-2.038
xy-4.566
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.366 0.231 0.000
y 0.231 4.805 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.113


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.741
(<r2>)1/2 11.821