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All results from a given calculation for C2H6O2 (1,2-Ethanediol)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-230.166357
Energy at 298.15K-230.173551
HF Energy-230.166357
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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 Ag 3874 3674 0.00      
2 Ag 3026 2871 0.00      
3 Ag 1560 1479 0.00      
4 Ag 1530 1451 0.00      
5 Ag 1328 1260 0.00      
6 Ag 1137 1078 0.00      
7 Ag 1011 959 0.00      
8 Ag 490 465 0.00      
9 Au 3083 2924 130.59      
10 Au 1260 1195 2.14      
11 Au 847 803 3.97      
12 Au 258 245 273.29      
13 Au 137 130 25.14      
14 Bg 3057 2899 0.00      
15 Bg 1333 1265 0.00      
16 Bg 1185 1124 0.00      
17 Bg 252 239 0.00      
18 Bu 3874 3674 56.02      
19 Bu 3030 2874 114.44      
20 Bu 1566 1486 7.40      
21 Bu 1447 1373 12.30      
22 Bu 1226 1163 114.16      
23 Bu 1128 1070 216.13      
24 Bu 299 283 22.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18969.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17992.3 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
1.02019 0.13450 0.12443

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.435 0.621 0.000
C2 -0.435 -0.621 0.000
O3 0.435 -1.740 0.000
O4 -0.435 1.740 0.000
H5 -0.108 -2.535 0.000
H6 0.108 2.535 0.000
H7 -1.080 -0.608 0.890
H8 -1.080 -0.608 -0.890
H9 1.080 0.608 0.890
H10 1.080 0.608 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.51662.36051.41753.20221.94172.14462.14461.09911.0991
C21.51661.41752.36051.94173.20221.09911.09912.14462.1446
O32.36051.41753.58640.96334.28692.09012.09012.59222.5922
O41.41752.36053.58644.28690.96332.59222.59222.09012.0901
H53.20221.94170.96334.28695.07442.33432.33433.47613.4761
H61.94173.20224.28690.96335.07443.47613.47612.33432.3343
H72.14461.09912.09012.59222.33433.47611.77962.47943.0520
H82.14461.09912.09012.59222.33433.47611.77963.05202.4794
H91.09912.14462.59222.09013.47612.33432.47943.05201.7796
H101.09912.14462.59222.09013.47612.33433.05202.47941.7796

picture of 1,2-Ethanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 107.075 C1 C2 H7 109.110
C1 C2 H8 109.110 C1 O4 H6 107.762
C2 C1 O4 107.075 C2 C1 H9 109.110
C2 C1 H10 109.110 C2 O3 H5 107.762
O3 C2 H7 111.689 O3 C2 H8 111.689
O4 C1 H9 111.689 O4 C1 H10 111.689
H7 C2 H8 108.117 H9 C1 H10 108.117
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.074      
2 C -0.074      
3 O -0.643      
4 O -0.643      
5 H 0.414      
6 H 0.414      
7 H 0.152      
8 H 0.152      
9 H 0.152      
10 H 0.152      


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


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.994 6.456 0.000
y 6.456 -17.845 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.007
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.568 6.456 0.000
y 6.456 7.656 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.087
Polar
3z2-r2-6.175
x2-y2-8.149
xy6.456
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.173 0.077 0.000
y 0.077 4.989 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.718


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 94.684
(<r2>)1/2 9.731