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All results from a given calculation for CH2FCH2OH (2-fluoroethanol)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-253.478166
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-252.924517
Nuclear repulsion energy131.820527
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 CID/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 3918 3619 43.56      
2 A 3251 3003 41.82      
3 A 3228 2982 30.99      
4 A 3188 2944 24.89      
5 A 3143 2903 41.89      
6 A 1606 1483 1.88      
7 A 1597 1475 1.73      
8 A 1528 1411 38.93      
9 A 1491 1378 29.68      
10 A 1462 1350 9.78      
11 A 1333 1232 9.75      
12 A 1290 1191 16.92      
13 A 1208 1116 25.04      
14 A 1177 1087 72.70      
15 A 1132 1046 66.55      
16 A 956 883 14.22      
17 A 924 854 35.25      
18 A 548 506 13.28      
19 A 435 402 146.62      
20 A 334 309 18.76      
21 A 171 158 12.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16960.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15666.1 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.52201 0.18922 0.15591

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.684 0.584 0.278
C2 -0.716 0.567 -0.276
O3 1.421 -0.521 -0.189
F4 -1.325 -0.607 0.159
H5 1.207 1.479 -0.053
H6 0.640 0.599 1.371
H7 -1.309 1.410 0.077
H8 -0.704 0.550 -1.364
H9 0.923 -1.310 0.046

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50631.40822.33881.08851.09382.16692.15061.9233
C21.50632.40021.39252.14042.13401.08901.08782.5131
O31.40822.40022.76972.01652.07393.35472.65400.9625
F42.33881.39252.76973.28792.60512.01862.01072.3582
H51.08852.14042.01653.28791.76732.52052.49722.8058
H61.09382.13402.07392.60511.76732.47603.04782.3417
H72.16691.08903.35472.01862.52052.47601.78343.5188
H82.15061.08782.65402.01072.49723.04781.78342.8451
H91.92332.51310.96252.35822.80582.34173.51882.8451

picture of 2-fluoroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 107.509 C1 C2 H7 112.221
C1 C2 H8 110.971 C1 O3 H9 106.933
C2 C1 O3 110.834 C2 C1 H5 110.114
C2 C1 H6 109.292 O3 C1 H5 107.036
O3 C1 H6 111.350
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability