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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.627736
Energy at 298.15K-614.633595
HF Energy-614.627736
Nuclear repulsion energy158.276508
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 B3LYP/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' 3758 3609 21.21      
2 A' 3118 2995 16.74      
3 A' 3014 2894 40.71      
4 A' 1558 1496 2.44      
5 A' 1522 1461 4.00      
6 A' 1475 1417 4.07      
7 A' 1322 1270 0.76      
8 A' 1246 1197 63.46      
9 A' 1080 1037 79.57      
10 A' 1024 983 19.72      
11 A' 763 732 74.01      
12 A' 386 371 1.58      
13 A' 249 239 10.05      
14 A" 3181 3055 9.94      
15 A" 3050 2929 49.94      
16 A" 1315 1263 0.06      
17 A" 1218 1170 0.86      
18 A" 1076 1034 3.29      
19 A" 811 779 0.06      
20 A" 220 211 127.23      
21 A" 125 120 17.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15755.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15130.0 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.97784 0.08063 0.07665

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/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 0.610 0.000
Cl3 -1.703 -0.005 0.000
O4 2.278 0.039 0.000
H5 0.816 -1.176 0.890
H6 0.816 -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
C11.52212.74211.42181.10001.10002.16582.16581.9524
C21.52211.81042.34802.15542.15541.09091.09093.2018
Cl32.74211.81043.98072.91682.91682.37912.37914.6838
O41.42182.34803.98072.09862.09862.61322.61320.9691
H51.10002.15542.91682.09861.77972.49983.06892.3501
H61.10002.15542.91682.09861.77973.06892.49982.3501
H72.16581.09092.37912.61322.49983.06891.78053.5046
H82.16581.09092.37912.61323.06892.49981.78053.5046
H91.95243.20184.68380.96912.35012.35013.50463.5046

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 110.442 C1 C2 H7 110.882
C1 C2 H8 110.882 C1 O4 H9 107.993
C2 C1 O4 105.752 C2 C1 H5 109.520
C2 C1 H6 109.520 Cl3 C2 H7 107.568
Cl3 C2 H8 107.568 O4 C1 H5 112.012
O4 C1 H6 112.012 H5 C1 H6 107.989
H7 C2 H8 109.383
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/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 -0.997 0.000 2.172
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.944 -4.364 0.000
y -4.364 -29.732 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.302
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.427 -4.364 0.000
y -4.364 1.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.464
Polar
3z2-r2-0.929
x2-y2-2.212
xy-4.364
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 4.023


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.400
(<r2>)1/2 11.807