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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.627745
Energy at 298.15K-614.633607
HF Energy-614.627745
Nuclear repulsion energy158.277071
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3757 3599 21.21      
2 A' 3118 2987 16.70      
3 A' 3013 2887 40.75      
4 A' 1558 1492 2.43      
5 A' 1522 1458 4.03      
6 A' 1476 1414 3.98      
7 A' 1324 1268 0.81      
8 A' 1247 1195 63.73      
9 A' 1080 1035 79.24      
10 A' 1024 981 19.80      
11 A' 762 730 74.08      
12 A' 386 370 1.56      
13 A' 249 239 10.06      
14 A" 3180 3047 9.93      
15 A" 3049 2921 49.96      
16 A" 1317 1261 0.06      
17 A" 1219 1168 0.85      
18 A" 1077 1032 3.29      
19 A" 813 778 0.06      
20 A" 221 212 126.88      
21 A" 126 121 18.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15759.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15097.3 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.97797 0.08063 0.07665

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.984 -0.551 0.000
C2 0.000 0.609 0.000
Cl3 -1.703 -0.005 0.000
O4 2.278 0.039 0.000
H5 0.817 -1.176 0.890
H6 0.817 -1.176 -0.890
H7 0.127 1.227 0.890
H8 0.127 1.227 -0.890
H9 2.933 -0.675 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52202.74221.42181.10001.10002.16572.16571.9525
C21.52201.81032.34792.15552.15551.09101.09103.2017
Cl32.74221.81033.98072.91722.91722.37902.37904.6839
O41.42182.34793.98072.09852.09852.61302.61300.9691
H51.10002.15552.91722.09851.77972.50003.06902.3500
H61.10002.15552.91722.09851.77973.06902.50002.3500
H72.16571.09102.37902.61302.50003.06901.78053.5045
H82.16571.09102.37902.61303.06902.50001.78053.5045
H91.95253.20174.68390.96912.35002.35003.50453.5045

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 110.456 C1 C2 H7 110.884
C1 C2 H8 110.884 C1 O4 H9 107.995
C2 C1 O4 105.746 C2 C1 H5 109.534
C2 C1 H6 109.534 Cl3 C2 H7 107.563
Cl3 C2 H8 107.563 O4 C1 H5 112.005
O4 C1 H6 112.005 H5 C1 H6 107.981
H7 C2 H8 109.374
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.025      
2 C -0.364      
3 Cl -0.091      
4 O -0.617      
5 H 0.143      
6 H 0.143      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.204      
9 H 0.401      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.930 -0.998 0.000 2.172
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.942 -4.365 0.000
y -4.365 -29.732 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.303
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.425 -4.365 0.000
y -4.365 1.890 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.465
Polar
3z2-r2-0.931
x2-y2-2.210
xy-4.365
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.893 0.176 0.000
y 0.176 4.533 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.022


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.402
(<r2>)1/2 11.807