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All results from a given calculation for CH2CH2OH (2-hydroxy ethyl radical)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 2A'
1 2 yes C1 2A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.839471
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.440342
Nuclear repulsion energy74.888573
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3886 3590 18.82      
2 A' 3267 3018 7.92      
3 A' 3107 2870 59.25      
4 A' 1615 1491 1.60      
5 A' 1562 1442 5.39      
6 A' 1508 1393 7.32      
7 A' 1296 1197 80.54      
8 A' 1130 1044 102.61      
9 A' 1056 975 9.27      
10 A' 632 584 16.69      
11 A' 388 359 35.72      
12 A" 3373 3116 12.54      
13 A" 3144 2904 61.87      
14 A" 1353 1250 0.32      
15 A" 1230 1136 1.80      
16 A" 844 780 0.45      
17 A" 291 269 146.43      
18 A" 40i 37i 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14820.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13689.8 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
1.25816 0.33060 0.29171

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.106 -0.363 0.000
C2 0.000 0.540 0.000
C3 1.259 -0.256 0.000
H4 -1.915 0.162 0.000
H5 -0.035 1.185 0.884
H6 -0.035 1.185 -0.884
H7 1.639 -0.665 -0.925
H8 1.639 -0.665 0.925

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.42772.36820.96372.07972.07972.91282.9128
C21.42771.48951.95181.09511.09512.23472.2347
C32.36821.48953.20172.12862.12861.08031.0803
H40.96371.95183.20172.31602.31603.76433.7643
H52.07971.09512.12862.31601.76873.08162.4950
H62.07971.09512.12862.31601.76872.49503.0816
H72.91282.23471.08033.76433.08162.49501.8494
H82.91282.23471.08033.76432.49503.08161.8494

picture of 2-hydroxy ethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 108.530 O1 C2 H5 110.352
O1 C2 H6 110.352 C2 O1 H4 107.833
C2 C3 H7 119.975 C2 C3 H8 119.975
C3 C2 H5 109.947 C3 C2 H6 109.947
H5 C2 H6 107.712 H7 C3 H8 117.733
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.840580
Energy at 298.15K-153.845307
HF Energy-153.441210
Nuclear repulsion energy75.127150
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3906 3608 25.89      
2 A 3389 3130 6.74      
3 A 3276 3026 5.59      
4 A 3098 2861 65.50      
5 A 3044 2812 65.85      
6 A 1601 1479 3.01      
7 A 1554 1435 9.39      
8 A 1502 1387 2.15      
9 A 1337 1235 82.98      
10 A 1291 1192 10.10      
11 A 1185 1095 33.49      
12 A 1125 1039 35.17      
13 A 1030 951 7.68      
14 A 919 849 14.83      
15 A 466 430 18.45      
16 A 401 370 47.00      
17 A 293 271 122.97      
18 A 158 146 17.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14785.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13657.7 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
1.33392 0.33722 0.28515

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)
O1 -1.101 -0.382 -0.050
C2 -0.015 0.525 0.038
C3 1.248 -0.255 -0.031
H4 -1.918 0.115 0.061
H5 -0.065 1.093 0.980
H6 -0.048 1.261 -0.776
H7 2.190 0.248 -0.193
H8 1.249 -1.285 0.289

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.41802.35330.96242.07632.08263.35432.5405
C21.41801.48611.94741.10121.09762.23422.2219
C32.35331.48613.18962.13632.12891.07991.0790
H40.96241.94743.18962.28862.34824.11853.4703
H52.07631.10122.13632.28861.76332.67892.8039
H62.08261.09762.12892.34821.76332.52443.0493
H73.35432.23421.07994.11852.67892.52441.8628
H82.54052.22191.07903.47032.80393.04931.8628

picture of 2-hydroxy ethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 108.235 O1 C2 H5 110.374
O1 C2 H6 111.118 C2 O1 H4 108.263
C2 C3 H7 120.259 C2 C3 H8 119.192
C3 C2 H5 110.435 C3 C2 H6 110.062
H5 C2 H6 106.629 H7 C3 H8 119.278
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability