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

using model chemistry: G3

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.367214
Energy at 298.15K-614.361047
HF Energy-612.977361
Nuclear repulsion energy159.846641
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 HF/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' 4116 3878 63.24      
2 A' 3302 3111 21.58      
3 A' 3209 3023 43.01      
4 A' 1684 1587 2.35      
5 A' 1645 1550 8.79      
6 A' 1607 1514 4.32      
7 A' 1443 1359 3.01      
8 A' 1345 1268 104.63      
9 A' 1196 1127 89.94      
10 A' 1100 1037 10.63      
11 A' 826 778 106.90      
12 A' 418 394 1.20      
13 A' 272 256 11.31      
14 A" 3369 3174 11.90      
15 A" 3247 3060 57.81      
16 A" 1431 1348 0.00      
17 A" 1332 1255 2.67      
18 A" 1174 1106 3.43      
19 A" 866 816 0.11      
20 A" 258 243 156.43      
21 A" 142 134 14.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16990.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16008.5 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.98565 0.08220 0.07811

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.961 -0.568 0.000
C2 0.000 0.601 0.000
Cl3 -1.684 0.020 0.000
O4 2.260 0.015 0.000
H5 0.790 -1.189 0.889
H6 0.790 -1.189 -0.889
H7 0.151 1.214 0.888
H8 0.151 1.214 -0.888
H9 2.910 -0.707 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51302.70961.42351.09761.09762.14922.14921.9539
C21.51301.78172.33452.14852.14851.08961.08963.1901
Cl32.70961.78173.94392.89332.89332.36262.36264.6512
O41.42352.33453.94392.09732.09732.58342.58340.9711
H51.09762.14852.89332.09731.77782.48583.05572.3488
H61.09762.14852.89332.09731.77783.05572.48582.3488
H72.14921.08962.36262.58342.48583.05571.77663.4769
H82.14921.08962.36262.58343.05572.48581.77663.4769
H91.95393.19014.65120.97112.34882.34883.47693.4769

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 111.040 C1 C2 H7 111.480
C1 C2 H8 111.480 C1 O4 H9 109.740
C2 C1 O4 106.126 C2 C1 H5 110.613
C2 C1 H6 110.613 Cl3 C2 H7 107.421
Cl3 C2 H8 107.421 O4 C1 H5 110.876
O4 C1 H6 110.876 H5 C1 H6 107.768
H7 C2 H8 107.796
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability