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

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.499295
Energy at 298.15K-613.505350
HF Energy-612.976848
Nuclear repulsion energy159.792948
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 CID/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' 3936 3636 44.60      
2 A' 3232 2985 15.03      
3 A' 3140 2901 34.55      
4 A' 1626 1502 2.01      
5 A' 1588 1466 6.64      
6 A' 1547 1429 3.24      
7 A' 1396 1290 0.96      
8 A' 1303 1204 77.70      
9 A' 1159 1071 81.15      
10 A' 1087 1004 10.99      
11 A' 836 772 76.57      
12 A' 412 380 2.59      
13 A' 264 244 10.88      
14 A" 3298 3047 7.87      
15 A" 3185 2942 43.43      
16 A" 1377 1272 0.03      
17 A" 1281 1184 1.33      
18 A" 1140 1053 3.42      
19 A" 843 779 0.00      
20 A" 250 231 147.72      
21 A" 139 129 15.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16520.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15259.6 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.99308 0.08231 0.07823

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.965 -0.563 0.000
C2 0.000 0.602 0.000
Cl3 -1.684 0.018 0.000
O4 2.256 0.012 0.000
H5 0.798 -1.182 0.885
H6 0.798 -1.182 -0.885
H7 0.144 1.213 0.884
H8 0.144 1.213 -0.884
H9 2.908 -0.693 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51302.71201.41291.09261.09262.14762.14761.9479
C21.51301.78232.33162.14512.14511.08471.08473.1839
Cl32.71201.78233.93952.89512.89512.35642.35644.6472
O41.41292.33163.93952.08152.08152.58532.58530.9608
H51.09262.14512.89512.08151.77012.48253.04862.3403
H61.09262.14512.89512.08151.77013.04862.48252.3403
H72.14761.08472.35642.58532.48253.04861.76873.4725
H82.14761.08472.35642.58533.04862.48251.76873.4725
H91.94793.18394.64720.96082.34032.34033.47253.4725

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 110.506 C1 C2 H7 110.442
C1 C2 H8 110.442 C1 O4 H9 108.789
C2 C1 O4 105.613 C2 C1 H5 109.775
C2 C1 H6 109.775 Cl3 C2 H7 108.075
Cl3 C2 H8 108.075 O4 C1 H5 111.723
O4 C1 H6 111.723 H5 C1 H6 108.210
H7 C2 H8 109.230
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability