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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-611.576506
Energy at 298.15K-611.582316
HF Energy-611.576506
Nuclear repulsion energy155.274875
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 B3LYP/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' 3482 3359 0.42      
2 A' 3155 3045 6.44      
3 A' 3025 2919 27.60      
4 A' 1591 1535 2.07      
5 A' 1538 1484 6.02      
6 A' 1470 1419 1.29      
7 A' 1301 1255 0.19      
8 A' 1245 1201 52.39      
9 A' 1022 986 3.76      
10 A' 989 954 67.60      
11 A' 692 668 84.25      
12 A' 362 350 1.68      
13 A' 238 230 13.80      
14 A" 3231 3117 4.00      
15 A" 3061 2954 45.59      
16 A" 1337 1290 0.50      
17 A" 1196 1154 0.45      
18 A" 1039 1003 1.79      
19 A" 833 803 0.52      
20 A" 239 231 146.35      
21 A" 117 113 19.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15581.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15034.6 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
0.93933 0.07780 0.07389

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.027 -0.490 0.000
C2 0.000 0.634 0.000
Cl3 -1.736 -0.143 0.000
O4 2.303 0.221 0.000
H5 0.884 -1.114 0.892
H6 0.884 -1.114 -0.892
H7 0.063 1.240 0.899
H8 0.063 1.240 -0.899
H9 3.031 -0.457 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52182.78421.46081.09781.09782.17492.17492.0047
C21.52181.90162.33962.15152.15151.08661.08663.2213
Cl32.78421.90164.05522.93242.93242.44102.44104.7773
O41.46082.33964.05522.14282.14282.61992.61990.9950
H51.09782.15152.93242.14281.78362.49303.06962.4164
H61.09782.15152.93242.14281.78363.06962.49302.4164
H72.17491.08662.44102.61992.49303.06961.79833.5353
H82.17491.08662.44102.61993.06962.49301.79833.5353
H92.00473.22134.77730.99502.41642.41643.53533.5353

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 108.326 C1 C2 H7 111.901
C1 C2 H8 111.901 C1 O4 H9 107.931
C2 C1 O4 103.312 C2 C1 H5 109.366
C2 C1 H6 109.366 Cl3 C2 H7 106.327
Cl3 C2 H8 106.327 O4 C1 H5 112.985
O4 C1 H6 112.985 H5 C1 H6 108.651
H7 C2 H8 111.681
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.135      
2 C -0.519      
3 Cl -0.071      
4 O -0.549      
5 H 0.199      
6 H 0.199      
7 H 0.265      
8 H 0.265      
9 H 0.346      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.491 -0.853 0.000 2.633
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.436 -4.899 0.000
y -4.899 -30.452 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.375
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.522 -4.899 0.000
y -4.899 1.454 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.069
Polar
3z2-r20.137
x2-y2-1.984
xy-4.899
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.982 0.558 0.000
y 0.558 4.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.340


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 143.919
(<r2>)1/2 11.997