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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-254.168367
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-254.168367
Nuclear repulsion energy131.268699
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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 3772 3609 27.12      
2 A 3125 2990 49.81      
3 A 3115 2980 31.67      
4 A 3065 2932 32.90      
5 A 3012 2881 52.26      
6 A 1531 1464 2.43      
7 A 1521 1455 2.06      
8 A 1454 1391 41.07      
9 A 1428 1366 26.82      
10 A 1403 1342 2.58      
11 A 1278 1223 8.40      
12 A 1240 1186 16.41      
13 A 1154 1104 22.19      
14 A 1117 1069 78.13      
15 A 1081 1034 63.45      
16 A 913 873 11.85      
17 A 882 843 30.12      
18 A 523 500 9.85      
19 A 436 417 135.52      
20 A 319 306 13.14      
21 A 156 149 12.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16260.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15556.6 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.52095 0.18682 0.15411

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.689 0.582 0.275
C2 -0.720 0.567 -0.274
O3 1.432 -0.524 -0.186
F4 -1.336 -0.607 0.158
H5 1.210 1.485 -0.064
H6 0.646 0.613 1.376
H7 -1.307 1.422 0.082
H8 -0.710 0.557 -1.370
H9 0.908 -1.309 0.035

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51221.41032.35141.09561.10272.17442.15981.9186
C21.51222.41431.39452.14692.14301.09701.09612.5021
O31.41032.41432.79072.02492.08593.37102.67600.9690
F42.35141.39452.79073.30222.62702.03052.02082.3540
H51.09562.14692.02493.30221.77542.52192.50022.8113
H61.10272.14302.08592.62701.77542.47923.06372.3581
H72.17441.09703.37102.03052.52192.47921.79273.5162
H82.15981.09612.67602.02082.50023.06371.79272.8410
H91.91862.50210.96902.35402.81132.35813.51622.8410

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 107.921 C1 C2 H7 111.906
C1 C2 H8 110.790 C1 O3 H9 105.995
C2 C1 O3 111.357 C2 C1 H5 109.798
C2 C1 H6 109.080 O3 C1 H5 107.152
O3 C1 H6 111.630
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.107      
2 C -0.018      
3 O -0.621      
4 F -0.321      
5 H 0.174      
6 H 0.158      
7 H 0.155      
8 H 0.169      
9 H 0.411      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.714 1.213 0.247 1.429
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.536 -0.726 1.400
y -0.726 -20.427 -0.463
z 1.400 -0.463 -23.210
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.717 -0.726 1.400
y -0.726 5.445 -0.463
z 1.400 -0.463 1.272
Polar
3z2-r22.544
x2-y2-8.108
xy-0.726
xz1.400
yz-0.463


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.944 -0.099 -0.019
y -0.099 4.159 0.041
z -0.019 0.041 3.667


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.665
(<r2>)1/2 8.926