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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHOH (ethenol)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.746417
Energy at 298.15K-153.750568
Nuclear repulsion energy70.247279
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3766 3603 24.30      
2 A' 3279 3137 10.03      
3 A' 3224 3084 8.36      
4 A' 3179 3041 7.13      
5 A' 1739 1663 161.35      
6 A' 1467 1404 16.43      
7 A' 1380 1320 1.67      
8 A' 1341 1283 6.41      
9 A' 1146 1096 188.48      
10 A' 971 929 5.29      
11 A' 490 469 13.02      
12 A" 1003 960 28.90      
13 A" 813 777 73.08      
14 A" 717 686 0.00      
15 A" 489 467 125.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12501.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11960.1 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
2.03041 0.35087 0.29917

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.215 -0.113 0.000
C2 0.000 0.438 0.000
O3 -1.196 -0.204 0.000
H4 1.366 -1.191 0.000
H5 2.097 0.516 0.000
H6 -0.152 1.514 0.000
H7 -1.033 -1.160 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.33392.41181.08811.08362.12552.4794
C21.33391.35712.12632.09831.08681.9029
O32.41181.35712.74563.37022.01010.9694
H41.08812.12632.74561.85633.10242.4000
H51.08362.09833.37021.85632.46093.5503
H62.12551.08682.01013.10242.46092.8153
H72.47941.90290.96942.40003.55032.8153

picture of ethenol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 127.334 C1 C2 H6 122.488
C2 C1 H4 122.454 C2 C1 H5 120.082
C2 O3 H7 108.601 O3 C2 H6 110.178
H4 C1 H5 117.464
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 -0.461      
2 C 0.132      
3 O -0.589      
4 H 0.152      
5 H 0.171      
6 H 0.178      
7 H 0.417      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.495 -0.879 0.000 1.009
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.658 1.411 0.000
y 1.411 -13.946 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.291
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.539 1.411 0.000
y 1.411 6.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.489
Polar
3z2-r2-6.978
x2-y2-5.712
xy1.411
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.114 -0.271 0.000
y -0.271 3.824 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.589


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000