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All results from a given calculation for CH2FCH2OH (2-fluoroethanol)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-252.600102
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-252.600102
Nuclear repulsion energy130.952189
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 PBE1PBE/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 3518 3379 9.88 53.18 0.24 0.39
2 A 3156 3031 35.62 55.95 0.53 0.69
3 A 3149 3024 22.22 78.73 0.44 0.61
4 A 3092 2970 24.82 90.98 0.16 0.28
5 A 3033 2912 43.88 104.77 0.24 0.39
6 A 1564 1502 3.02 6.59 0.73 0.84
7 A 1559 1497 2.46 17.43 0.74 0.85
8 A 1446 1389 27.23 6.56 0.66 0.80
9 A 1437 1380 28.77 7.94 0.73 0.84
10 A 1419 1363 5.25 12.98 0.75 0.86
11 A 1276 1226 10.46 12.68 0.72 0.84
12 A 1253 1204 15.96 11.99 0.75 0.86
13 A 1140 1095 1.53 2.96 0.52 0.68
14 A 1082 1039 48.95 5.67 0.68 0.81
15 A 1042 1001 44.81 0.87 0.58 0.73
16 A 913 877 12.24 7.04 0.36 0.53
17 A 891 855 27.25 5.48 0.35 0.52
18 A 538 517 113.11 6.03 0.75 0.86
19 A 509 489 67.95 1.18 0.74 0.85
20 A 308 296 1.91 0.20 0.63 0.77
21 A 176 169 15.70 0.11 0.59 0.74

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16249.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15606.4 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 PBE1PBE/3-21G
ABC
0.47859 0.19963 0.15818

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.700 0.623 0.270
C2 -0.715 0.609 -0.272
O3 1.371 -0.578 -0.182
F4 -1.277 -0.633 0.164
H5 1.256 1.478 -0.118
H6 0.663 0.691 1.368
H7 -1.319 1.440 0.106
H8 -0.697 0.617 -1.366
H9 0.714 -1.301 0.005

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51591.44732.34491.09211.10062.18442.15171.9420
C21.51592.40181.43152.15992.14381.09381.09392.4022
O31.44732.40182.67092.06022.12473.37442.66540.9947
F42.34491.43152.67093.31002.63992.07422.05832.1064
H51.09212.15992.06023.31001.78372.58492.47262.8346
H61.10062.14382.12472.63991.78372.46613.05442.4147
H72.18441.09383.37442.07422.58492.46611.79663.4142
H82.15171.09392.66542.05832.47263.05441.79662.7478
H91.94202.40220.99472.10642.83462.41473.41422.7478

picture of 2-fluoroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 105.384 C1 C2 H7 112.653
C1 C2 H8 110.019 C1 O3 H9 103.810
C2 C1 O3 108.271 C2 C1 H5 110.780
C2 C1 H6 109.007 O3 C1 H5 107.625
O3 C1 H6 112.288
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.224      
2 C -0.152      
3 O -0.568      
4 F -0.305      
5 H 0.235      
6 H 0.214      
7 H 0.215      
8 H 0.233      
9 H 0.354      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.050 1.700 0.161 2.005
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.832 -0.227 1.393
y -0.227 -20.702 -0.393
z 1.393 -0.393 -23.133
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.915 -0.227 1.393
y -0.227 5.281 -0.393
z 1.393 -0.393 1.634
Polar
3z2-r23.269
x2-y2-8.131
xy-0.227
xz1.393
yz-0.393


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.545 -0.057 -0.056
y -0.057 3.917 0.057
z -0.056 0.057 3.212


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.396
(<r2>)1/2 8.854