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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-611.176838
Energy at 298.15K-611.182554
HF Energy-611.176838
Nuclear repulsion energy155.001199
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 PBEPBE/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' 3366 3336 0.29      
2 A' 3075 3047 6.99      
3 A' 2932 2905 32.17      
4 A' 1541 1527 2.30      
5 A' 1489 1476 5.69      
6 A' 1426 1413 0.76      
7 A' 1264 1253 2.38      
8 A' 1212 1201 40.82      
9 A' 1006 997 1.46      
10 A' 963 955 69.08      
11 A' 688 682 74.48      
12 A' 357 354 2.14      
13 A' 231 229 13.38      
14 A" 3152 3124 4.64      
15 A" 2968 2941 49.80      
16 A" 1294 1282 0.75      
17 A" 1157 1146 0.05      
18 A" 1010 1001 1.95      
19 A" 811 803 0.83      
20 A" 218 216 130.52      
21 A" 111 110 26.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15134.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14996.8 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.92673 0.07790 0.07393

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.022 -0.498 0.000
C2 0.000 0.636 0.000
Cl3 -1.734 -0.134 0.000
O4 2.306 0.213 0.000
H5 0.864 -1.127 0.900
H6 0.864 -1.127 -0.900
H7 0.072 1.248 0.907
H8 0.072 1.248 -0.907
H9 3.025 -0.491 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52652.77981.46731.10901.10902.18492.18492.0028
C21.52651.89712.34422.15942.15941.09671.09673.2279
Cl32.77981.89714.05452.92302.92302.44802.44804.7721
O41.46732.34424.05452.16402.16402.62392.62391.0062
H51.10902.15942.92302.16401.79932.50333.08732.4255
H61.10902.15942.92302.16401.79933.08732.50332.4255
H72.18491.09672.44802.62392.50333.08731.81453.5450
H82.18491.09672.44802.62393.08732.50331.81453.5450
H92.00283.22794.77211.00622.42552.42553.54503.5450

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 108.092 C1 C2 H7 111.752
C1 C2 H8 111.752 C1 O4 H9 106.642
C2 C1 O4 103.062 C2 C1 H5 109.015
C2 C1 H6 109.015 Cl3 C2 H7 106.636
Cl3 C2 H8 106.636 O4 C1 H5 113.538
O4 C1 H6 113.538 H5 C1 H6 108.431
H7 C2 H8 111.637
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.187      
2 C -0.566      
3 Cl -0.048      
4 O -0.515      
5 H 0.209      
6 H 0.209      
7 H 0.277      
8 H 0.277      
9 H 0.344      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.447 -0.831 0.000 2.584
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.046 -4.705 0.000
y -4.705 -30.440 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.448
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.103 -4.705 0.000
y -4.705 1.307 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.205
Polar
3z2-r2-0.409
x2-y2-1.606
xy-4.705
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.096 0.496 0.000
y 0.496 4.168 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.440


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 143.855
(<r2>)1/2 11.994