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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-254.013887
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-253.814741
Nuclear repulsion energy131.234435
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 B2PLYP/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 3759 3568 28.16 52.51 0.26 0.41
2 A 3162 3001 45.74 50.53 0.72 0.84
3 A 3145 2985 30.28 81.21 0.39 0.56
4 A 3099 2942 29.62 99.80 0.15 0.26
5 A 3049 2894 48.05 101.59 0.21 0.35
6 A 1556 1477 1.92 5.77 0.73 0.84
7 A 1548 1469 1.39 13.58 0.74 0.85
8 A 1471 1397 40.53 5.60 0.63 0.77
9 A 1445 1372 27.59 3.82 0.74 0.85
10 A 1417 1345 4.89 10.72 0.75 0.86
11 A 1288 1222 8.68 11.47 0.72 0.83
12 A 1250 1186 17.44 7.40 0.75 0.86
13 A 1161 1102 3.55 2.26 0.32 0.49
14 A 1119 1062 89.79 4.79 0.72 0.84
15 A 1076 1021 53.93 1.92 0.63 0.78
16 A 920 873 14.84 6.59 0.34 0.51
17 A 889 844 34.00 4.61 0.42 0.59
18 A 531 504 10.96 1.11 0.74 0.85
19 A 447 424 138.88 3.23 0.74 0.85
20 A 325 309 11.17 0.27 0.59 0.74
21 A 166 158 12.04 0.03 0.37 0.54

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16410.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15577.3 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.51396 0.18869 0.15482

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.689 0.589 0.276
C2 -0.718 0.575 -0.276
O3 1.423 -0.531 -0.187
F4 -1.326 -0.612 0.159
H5 1.218 1.482 -0.065
H6 0.645 0.616 1.375
H7 -1.313 1.420 0.083
H8 -0.709 0.562 -1.369
H9 0.885 -1.308 0.033

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51171.41712.34891.09291.09932.17612.15881.9225
C21.51172.41161.40242.14912.14111.09401.09292.4920
O31.41712.41162.77272.02722.08773.37132.67140.9704
F42.34891.40242.77273.30322.62142.03272.02332.3221
H51.09292.14912.02723.30321.77492.53662.50222.8116
H61.09932.14112.08772.62141.77492.47973.05962.3576
H72.17611.09403.37132.03272.53662.47971.79133.5034
H82.15881.09292.67142.02332.50223.05961.79132.8287
H91.92252.49200.97042.32212.81162.35763.50342.8287

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 107.364 C1 C2 H7 112.270
C1 C2 H8 110.939 C1 O3 H9 105.742
C2 C1 O3 110.817 C2 C1 H5 110.160
C2 C1 H6 109.161 O3 C1 H5 107.025
O3 C1 H6 111.503
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.059      
2 C 0.026      
3 O -0.637      
4 F -0.340      
5 H 0.158      
6 H 0.144      
7 H 0.143      
8 H 0.156      
9 H 0.410      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.751 1.324 0.243 1.541
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.820 -0.672 1.422
y -0.672 -20.676 -0.460
z 1.422 -0.460 -23.414
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.775 -0.672 1.422
y -0.672 5.442 -0.460
z 1.422 -0.460 1.334
Polar
3z2-r22.667
x2-y2-8.145
xy-0.672
xz1.422
yz-0.460


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.871 -0.081 -0.037
y -0.081 4.122 0.035
z -0.037 0.035 3.602


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.576
(<r2>)1/2 8.921