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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.618175
Energy at 298.15K-614.624045
HF Energy-614.618175
Nuclear repulsion energy159.731389
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(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' 3906 3729 39.91      
2 A' 3120 2979 14.05      
3 A' 3018 2881 36.07      
4 A' 1529 1460 2.47      
5 A' 1493 1425 4.68      
6 A' 1464 1398 3.22      
7 A' 1302 1243 3.04      
8 A' 1238 1182 45.96      
9 A' 1112 1062 87.43      
10 A' 1037 990 16.39      
11 A' 796 760 64.89      
12 A' 393 376 2.03      
13 A' 245 234 8.45      
14 A" 3189 3045 5.77      
15 A" 3060 2921 38.00      
16 A" 1304 1245 0.04      
17 A" 1210 1156 0.88      
18 A" 1061 1013 2.43      
19 A" 798 762 0.13      
20 A" 210 200 110.89      
21 A" 122 116 15.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15803.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15088.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.98784 0.08230 0.07821

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.967 -0.558 0.000
C2 0.000 0.609 0.000
Cl3 -1.683 0.017 0.000
O4 2.258 0.004 0.000
H5 0.784 -1.179 0.887
H6 0.784 -1.179 -0.887
H7 0.135 1.225 0.888
H8 0.135 1.225 -0.888
H9 2.895 -0.711 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51512.71111.40801.09861.09862.15832.15831.9344
C21.51511.78372.33802.14442.14441.08931.08933.1821
Cl32.71111.78373.94092.88122.88122.35622.35624.6354
O41.40802.33803.94092.08792.08792.60562.60560.9576
H51.09862.14442.88122.08791.77462.48993.05822.3373
H61.09862.14442.88122.08791.77463.05822.48992.3373
H72.15831.08932.35622.60562.48993.05821.77663.4868
H82.15831.08932.35622.60563.05822.48991.77663.4868
H91.93443.18214.63540.95762.33732.33733.48683.4868

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 110.270 C1 C2 H7 110.872
C1 C2 H8 110.872 C1 O4 H9 108.201
C2 C1 O4 106.168 C2 C1 H5 109.220
C2 C1 H6 109.220 Cl3 C2 H7 107.729
Cl3 C2 H8 107.729 O4 C1 H5 112.220
O4 C1 H6 112.220 H5 C1 H6 107.739
H7 C2 H8 109.263
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.090      
2 C -0.236      
3 Cl -0.166      
4 O -0.455      
5 H 0.133      
6 H 0.133      
7 H 0.184      
8 H 0.184      
9 H 0.312      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.854 -0.912 0.000 2.066
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.599 -3.969 0.000
y -3.969 -29.343 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.945
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.455 -3.969 0.000
y -3.969 1.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.474
Polar
3z2-r2-0.947
x2-y2-2.256
xy-3.969
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.201 0.066 0.000
y 0.066 5.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.585


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.850
(<r2>)1/2 11.698