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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-611.468796
Energy at 298.15K-611.474635
HF Energy-611.468796
Nuclear repulsion energy155.961339
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 B3PW91/3-21G
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' 3538 3400 2.27      
2 A' 3157 3034 6.07      
3 A' 3026 2909 27.93      
4 A' 1584 1522 2.34      
5 A' 1530 1471 7.56      
6 A' 1470 1413 0.92      
7 A' 1303 1253 0.58      
8 A' 1249 1201 47.81      
9 A' 1036 996 6.63      
10 A' 1005 966 68.58      
11 A' 709 682 82.80      
12 A' 368 354 2.21      
13 A' 239 230 14.22      
14 A" 3235 3110 3.12      
15 A" 3067 2948 44.37      
16 A" 1337 1285 0.67      
17 A" 1200 1154 0.34      
18 A" 1045 1005 1.89      
19 A" 832 800 0.81      
20 A" 240 231 154.14      
21 A" 120 115 20.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15645.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15038.4 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 B3PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.94307 0.07866 0.07469

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.016 -0.497 0.000
C2 0.000 0.632 0.000
Cl3 -1.726 -0.127 0.000
O4 2.295 0.199 0.000
H5 0.865 -1.120 0.893
H6 0.865 -1.120 -0.893
H7 0.072 1.239 0.900
H8 0.072 1.239 -0.900
H9 3.014 -0.483 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51842.76691.45521.09911.09912.17112.17111.9982
C21.51841.88532.33502.14792.14791.08821.08823.2140
Cl32.76691.88534.03362.91492.91492.43112.43114.7537
O41.45522.33504.03362.13972.13972.61362.61360.9916
H51.09912.14792.91492.13971.78502.48913.06722.4126
H61.09912.14792.91492.13971.78503.06722.48912.4126
H72.17111.08822.43112.61362.48913.06721.79953.5260
H82.17111.08822.43112.61363.06722.48911.79953.5260
H91.99823.21404.75370.99162.41262.41263.52603.5260

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 108.283 C1 C2 H7 111.745
C1 C2 H8 111.745 C1 O4 H9 108.004
C2 C1 O4 103.470 C2 C1 H5 109.241
C2 C1 H6 109.241 Cl3 C2 H7 106.594
Cl3 C2 H8 106.594 O4 C1 H5 113.059
O4 C1 H6 113.059 H5 C1 H6 108.587
H7 C2 H8 111.551
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.175      
2 C -0.584      
3 Cl -0.054      
4 O -0.562      
5 H 0.219      
6 H 0.219      
7 H 0.289      
8 H 0.289      
9 H 0.360      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.471 -0.911 0.000 2.634
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.329 -4.950 0.000
y -4.950 -30.276 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.293
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.545 -4.950 0.000
y -4.950 1.536 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.009
Polar
3z2-r20.018
x2-y2-2.054
xy-4.950
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.854 0.522 0.000
y 0.522 4.027 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.355


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 142.589
(<r2>)1/2 11.941