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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.544899
Energy at 298.15K-613.550876
HF Energy-612.975786
Nuclear repulsion energy159.352393
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 MP2/6-31G*
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' 3787 3571 36.89      
2 A' 3172 2991 12.96      
3 A' 3080 2904 32.40      
4 A' 1594 1503 1.87      
5 A' 1555 1467 5.03      
6 A' 1502 1416 3.21      
7 A' 1360 1283 0.67      
8 A' 1269 1197 59.68      
9 A' 1105 1042 76.48      
10 A' 1067 1006 14.34      
11 A' 823 776 65.77      
12 A' 402 379 3.18      
13 A' 256 242 10.74      
14 A" 3244 3059 6.11      
15 A" 3132 2953 39.63      
16 A" 1345 1268 0.11      
17 A" 1246 1175 0.58      
18 A" 1118 1054 3.42      
19 A" 830 783 0.01      
20 A" 235 221 138.40      
21 A" 136 129 18.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16128.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15208.8 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
0.98391 0.08206 0.07797

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.962 -0.568 0.000
C2 0.000 0.602 0.000
Cl3 -1.686 0.020 0.000
O4 2.262 0.015 0.000
H5 0.791 -1.189 0.889
H6 0.791 -1.189 -0.889
H7 0.151 1.215 0.889
H8 0.151 1.215 -0.889
H9 2.911 -0.707 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51462.71201.42501.09791.09792.15102.15101.9547
C21.51461.78332.33672.15032.15031.08991.08993.1921
Cl32.71201.78333.94762.89592.89592.36412.36414.6543
O41.42502.33673.94762.09872.09872.58582.58580.9712
H51.09792.15032.89592.09871.77852.48763.05762.3495
H61.09792.15032.89592.09871.77853.05762.48762.3495
H72.15101.08992.36412.58582.48763.05761.77743.4792
H82.15101.08992.36412.58583.05762.48761.77743.4792
H91.95473.19214.65430.97122.34952.34953.47923.4792

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 110.371 C1 C2 H7 110.283
C1 C2 H8 110.283 C1 O4 H9 107.818
C2 C1 O4 105.250 C2 C1 H5 109.757
C2 C1 H6 109.757 Cl3 C2 H7 108.302
Cl3 C2 H8 108.302 O4 C1 H5 111.928
O4 C1 H6 111.928 H5 C1 H6 108.188
H7 C2 H8 109.245
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability