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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.561605
Energy at 298.15K-614.567280
HF Energy-614.561605
Nuclear repulsion energy157.098494
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 BLYP/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' 3677 3656 16.49      
2 A' 3019 3002 15.64      
3 A' 2908 2892 39.86      
4 A' 1486 1478 1.69      
5 A' 1449 1441 2.07      
6 A' 1411 1403 5.19      
7 A' 1256 1249 1.51      
8 A' 1197 1190 48.45      
9 A' 1009 1004 61.75      
10 A' 975 970 31.67      
11 A' 724 720 64.97      
12 A' 369 367 1.24      
13 A' 237 235 8.06      
14 A" 3080 3063 9.43      
15 A" 2940 2924 44.20      
16 A" 1256 1249 0.06      
17 A" 1161 1155 0.67      
18 A" 1018 1013 2.18      
19 A" 777 773 0.09      
20 A" 179 178 91.21      
21 A" 108 107 21.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15118.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15035.0 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.96236 0.07943 0.07550

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.993 -0.553 0.000
C2 0.000 0.615 0.000
Cl3 -1.715 -0.011 0.000
O4 2.296 0.048 0.000
H5 0.823 -1.182 0.895
H6 0.823 -1.182 -0.895
H7 0.118 1.236 0.896
H8 0.118 1.236 -0.896
H9 2.949 -0.673 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53272.76161.43531.10701.10702.18392.18391.9603
C21.53271.82602.36552.16952.16951.09681.09683.2184
Cl32.76161.82604.01212.93492.93492.39152.39154.7113
O41.43532.36554.01212.11742.11742.63872.63870.9725
H51.10702.16952.93492.11741.79002.51873.09072.3625
H61.10702.16952.93492.11741.79003.09072.51872.3625
H72.18391.09682.39152.63872.51873.09071.79263.5309
H82.18391.09682.39152.63873.09072.51871.79263.5309
H91.96033.21844.71130.97252.36252.36253.53093.5309

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 110.307 C1 C2 H7 111.224
C1 C2 H8 111.224 C1 O4 H9 107.449
C2 C1 O4 105.639 C2 C1 H5 109.487
C2 C1 H6 109.487 Cl3 C2 H7 107.159
Cl3 C2 H8 107.159 O4 C1 H5 112.145
O4 C1 H6 112.145 H5 C1 H6 107.898
H7 C2 H8 109.603
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.057      
2 C -0.124      
3 Cl -0.188      
4 O -0.375      
5 H 0.094      
6 H 0.094      
7 H 0.141      
8 H 0.141      
9 H 0.275      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.890 -0.824 0.000 2.061
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.810 -3.905 0.000
y -3.905 -29.814 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.254
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.276 -3.905 0.000
y -3.905 1.718 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.442
Polar
3z2-r2-0.884
x2-y2-1.996
xy-3.905
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.680 0.071 0.000
y 0.071 5.195 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.696


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 141.168
(<r2>)1/2 11.881