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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCH2OH (2-Chloroethanol)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.004351
Energy at 298.15K-613.010439
HF Energy-613.004351
Nuclear repulsion energy159.998438
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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 4188 3792 67.99      
2 A' 3257 2949 19.94      
3 A' 3163 2864 39.31      
4 A' 1655 1499 2.01      
5 A' 1621 1468 8.17      
6 A' 1588 1438 4.35      
7 A' 1416 1282 2.91      
8 A' 1330 1205 88.79      
9 A' 1191 1078 93.10      
10 A' 1089 986 9.46      
11 A' 821 743 97.79      
12 A' 416 377 1.07      
13 A' 268 243 9.61      
14 A" 3324 3010 10.02      
15 A" 3202 2899 47.94      
16 A" 1413 1280 0.01      
17 A" 1316 1191 2.43      
18 A" 1151 1042 2.45      
19 A" 854 773 0.01      
20 A" 243 220 130.29      
21 A" 140 126 13.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16822.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15232.9 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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.99718 0.08222 0.07816

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.975 -0.551 0.000
C2 0.000 0.610 0.000
Cl3 -1.686 0.006 0.000
O4 2.254 0.013 0.000
H5 0.808 -1.167 0.880
H6 0.808 -1.167 -0.880
H7 0.125 1.220 0.881
H8 0.125 1.220 -0.881
H9 2.903 -0.667 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51602.71841.39751.08741.08742.15262.15261.9313
C21.51601.79042.33202.14152.14151.07891.07893.1716
Cl32.71841.79043.93982.89322.89322.35092.35094.6378
O41.39752.33203.93982.06322.06322.60152.60150.9398
H51.08742.14152.89322.06321.76032.48253.04402.3264
H61.08742.14152.89322.06321.76033.04402.48252.3264
H72.15261.07892.35092.60152.48253.04401.76283.4721
H82.15261.07892.35092.60153.04402.48251.76283.4721
H91.93133.17164.63780.93982.32642.32643.47213.4721

picture of 2-Chloroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 110.330 C1 C2 H7 110.986
C1 C2 H8 110.986 C1 O4 H9 109.890
C2 C1 O4 106.266 C2 C1 H5 109.586
C2 C1 H6 109.586 Cl3 C2 H7 107.425
Cl3 C2 H8 107.425 O4 C1 H5 111.651
O4 C1 H6 111.651 H5 C1 H6 108.079
H7 C2 H8 109.560
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.013      
2 C -0.212      
3 Cl -0.193      
4 O -0.570      
5 H 0.130      
6 H 0.130      
7 H 0.184      
8 H 0.184      
9 H 0.336      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.986 -0.959 0.000 2.205
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.519 -4.217 0.000
y -4.217 -29.692 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.291
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.027 -4.217 0.000
y -4.217 2.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.186
Polar
3z2-r2-0.372
x2-y2-2.827
xy-4.217
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.891 0.148 0.000
y 0.148 4.807 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.437


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.189
(<r2>)1/2 11.713