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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.586658
Energy at 298.15K-613.592627
HF Energy-612.975673
Nuclear repulsion energy158.931144
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 QCISD/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3778 3597 25.46      
2 A' 3138 2988 15.53      
3 A' 3044 2899 34.67      
4 A' 1583 1507 1.88      
5 A' 1545 1471 5.29      
6 A' 1501 1429 3.37      
7 A' 1356 1292 0.66      
8 A' 1271 1210 67.48      
9 A' 1109 1056 77.30      
10 A' 1062 1011 8.81      
11 A' 809 770 67.07      
12 A' 400 381 2.77      
13 A' 256 244 10.47      
14 A" 3202 3049 9.21      
15 A" 3085 2938 43.50      
16 A" 1336 1272 0.08      
17 A" 1240 1181 0.86      
18 A" 1109 1056 3.30      
19 A" 823 784 0.00      
20 A" 239 228 138.52      
21 A" 134 128 16.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16008.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15245.2 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.97992 0.08156 0.07751

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.968 -0.566 0.000
C2 0.000 0.604 0.000
Cl3 -1.691 0.015 0.000
O4 2.267 0.019 0.000
H5 0.799 -1.189 0.891
H6 0.799 -1.189 -0.891
H7 0.146 1.219 0.891
H8 0.146 1.219 -0.891
H9 2.920 -0.700 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51812.72171.42541.10051.10052.15742.15741.9571
C21.51811.79112.34162.15582.15581.09221.09223.1979
Cl32.72171.79113.95882.90642.90642.37052.37054.6666
O41.42542.34163.95882.09982.09982.59502.59500.9708
H51.10052.15582.90642.09981.78302.49503.06612.3521
H61.10052.15582.90642.09981.78303.06612.49502.3521
H72.15741.09222.37052.59502.49503.06611.78143.4887
H82.15741.09222.37052.59503.06612.49501.78143.4887
H91.95713.19794.66660.97082.35212.35213.48873.4887

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 110.391 C1 C2 H7 110.415
C1 C2 H8 110.415 C1 O4 H9 108.021
C2 C1 O4 105.365 C2 C1 H5 109.798
C2 C1 H6 109.798 Cl3 C2 H7 108.141
Cl3 C2 H8 108.141 O4 C1 H5 111.825
O4 C1 H6 111.825 H5 C1 H6 108.204
H7 C2 H8 109.272
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability