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All results from a given calculation for C2H6O2 (1,2-Ethanediol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.903992
Energy at 298.15K-228.911188
Nuclear repulsion energy129.266366
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3578 3416 0.00      
2 Ag 3038 2900 0.00      
3 Ag 1595 1523 0.00      
4 Ag 1503 1435 0.00      
5 Ag 1317 1257 0.00      
6 Ag 1061 1012 0.00      
7 Ag 1001 956 0.00      
8 Ag 470 449 0.00      
9 Au 3097 2957 119.61      
10 Au 1226 1170 0.60      
11 Au 889 849 2.17      
12 Au 278 266 323.70      
13 Au 132 126 11.34      
14 Bg 3065 2926 0.00      
15 Bg 1355 1294 0.00      
16 Bg 1162 1109 0.00      
17 Bg 273 260 0.00      
18 Bu 3580 3417 5.20      
19 Bu 3045 2907 82.86      
20 Bu 1607 1534 5.87      
21 Bu 1448 1382 4.46      
22 Bu 1224 1168 91.00      
23 Bu 1052 1004 173.17      
24 Bu 272 260 27.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18633.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9546) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17787.2 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.98517 0.13325 0.12282

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.759 0.000
C2 0.000 -0.759 0.000
O3 1.399 -1.138 0.000
O4 -1.399 1.138 0.000
H5 1.451 -2.124 0.000
H6 -1.451 2.124 0.000
H7 -0.543 -1.105 0.889
H8 -0.543 -1.105 -0.889
H9 0.543 1.105 0.889
H10 0.543 1.105 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.51752.35641.44903.22781.99272.13532.13531.09781.0978
C21.51751.44902.35641.99273.22781.09781.09782.13532.1353
O32.35641.44903.60580.98814.33162.13562.13562.56002.5600
O41.44902.35643.60584.33160.98812.56002.56002.13562.1356
H53.22781.99270.98814.33165.14552.40942.40943.47073.4707
H61.99273.22784.33160.98815.14553.47073.47072.40942.4094
H72.13531.09782.13562.56002.40943.47071.77822.46263.0375
H82.13531.09782.13562.56002.40943.47071.77823.03752.4626
H91.09782.13532.56002.13563.47072.40942.46263.03751.7782
H101.09782.13532.56002.13563.47072.40943.03752.46261.7782

picture of 1,2-Ethanediol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 105.161 C1 C2 H7 108.396
C1 C2 H8 108.396 C1 O4 H6 108.208
C2 C1 O4 105.161 C2 C1 H9 108.396
C2 C1 H10 108.396 C2 O3 H5 108.208
O3 C2 H7 113.247 O3 C2 H8 113.247
O4 C1 H9 113.247 O4 C1 H10 113.247
H7 C2 H8 108.171 H9 C1 H10 108.171
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.194      
2 C -0.194      
3 O -0.581      
4 O -0.581      
5 H 0.356      
6 H 0.356      
7 H 0.210      
8 H 0.210      
9 H 0.210      
10 H 0.210      


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


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.630
(<r2>)1/2 9.779