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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.291782
Energy at 298.15K-614.297701
HF Energy-614.105177
Nuclear repulsion energy158.826409
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 B2PLYP/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' 3784 3592 26.84      
2 A' 3152 2992 15.59      
3 A' 3054 2899 37.57      
4 A' 1579 1499 2.22      
5 A' 1542 1464 4.55      
6 A' 1492 1416 3.80      
7 A' 1342 1274 0.85      
8 A' 1261 1196 64.13      
9 A' 1091 1036 78.71      
10 A' 1045 992 16.59      
11 A' 786 746 72.52      
12 A' 394 374 2.06      
13 A' 252 240 10.31      
14 A" 3218 3055 8.55      
15 A" 3096 2938 46.32      
16 A" 1333 1265 0.07      
17 A" 1234 1171 0.82      
18 A" 1097 1041 3.32      
19 A" 821 780 0.02      
20 A" 230 218 132.18      
21 A" 130 123 17.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15965.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15154.1 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.98172 0.08131 0.07728

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.975 -0.557 0.000
C2 0.000 0.606 0.000
Cl3 -1.695 0.003 0.000
O4 2.270 0.031 0.000
H5 0.807 -1.179 0.888
H6 0.807 -1.179 -0.888
H7 0.135 1.221 0.889
H8 0.135 1.221 -0.889
H9 2.923 -0.684 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51802.72801.42211.09741.09742.15802.15801.9518
C21.51801.79912.34142.15122.15121.08891.08893.1947
Cl32.72801.79913.96462.90612.90612.37112.37114.6684
O41.42212.34143.96462.09612.09612.60022.60020.9683
H51.09742.15122.90612.09611.77702.49223.06092.3476
H61.09742.15122.90612.09611.77703.06092.49222.3476
H72.15801.08892.37112.60022.49223.06091.77743.4911
H82.15801.08892.37112.60023.06092.49221.77743.4911
H91.95183.19474.66840.96832.34762.34763.49113.4911

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 110.368 C1 C2 H7 110.665
C1 C2 H8 110.665 C1 O4 H9 107.966
C2 C1 O4 105.518 C2 C1 H5 109.627
C2 C1 H6 109.627 Cl3 C2 H7 107.830
Cl3 C2 H8 107.830 O4 C1 H5 111.956
O4 C1 H6 111.956 H5 C1 H6 108.121
H7 C2 H8 109.394
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.030      
2 C -0.374      
3 Cl -0.087      
4 O -0.641      
5 H 0.151      
6 H 0.151      
7 H 0.210      
8 H 0.210      
9 H 0.413      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.878 -1.055 0.000 2.154
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.192 -4.408 0.000
y -4.408 -29.841 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.453
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.545 -4.408 0.000
y -4.408 1.982 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.437
Polar
3z2-r2-0.874
x2-y2-2.351
xy-4.408
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.752 0.187 0.000
y 0.187 4.467 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.981


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.557
(<r2>)1/2 11.771