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

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-606.131703
Energy at 298.15K-606.137697
HF Energy-606.131703
Nuclear repulsion energy157.063586
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 HF/STO-3G
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' 4238 3461 16.64      
2 A' 3620 2956 0.38      
3 A' 3556 2904 2.55      
4 A' 1829 1493 0.48      
5 A' 1788 1460 7.39      
6 A' 1756 1434 3.17      
7 A' 1583 1293 0.41      
8 A' 1466 1197 55.14      
9 A' 1322 1080 3.24      
10 A' 1186 968 2.41      
11 A' 961 785 53.19      
12 A' 420 343 0.44      
13 A' 266 217 10.47      
14 A" 3748 3060 0.34      
15 A" 3670 2996 5.67      
16 A" 1507 1231 0.02      
17 A" 1370 1118 8.86      
18 A" 1214 991 0.28      
19 A" 902 737 0.09      
20 A" 327 267 90.48      
21 A" 110 90 8.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18419.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15039.1 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 HF/STO-3G
ABC
0.96388 0.07915 0.07522

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.986 -0.571 0.000
C2 0.000 0.621 0.000
Cl3 -1.715 0.031 0.000
O4 2.308 -0.014 0.000
H5 0.802 -1.191 0.886
H6 0.802 -1.191 -0.886
H7 0.137 1.238 0.889
H8 0.137 1.238 -0.889
H9 2.899 -0.808 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54732.76671.43471.09671.09672.18702.18701.9282
C21.54731.81362.39332.17092.17091.09011.09013.2324
Cl32.76671.81364.02252.93482.93482.38192.38194.6896
O41.43472.39334.02252.10632.10632.65882.65880.9904
H51.09672.17092.93482.10631.77252.51793.08072.3086
H61.09672.17092.93482.10631.77253.08072.51792.3086
H72.18701.09012.38192.65882.51793.08071.77773.5506
H82.18701.09012.38192.65883.08072.51791.77773.5506
H91.92823.23244.68960.99042.30862.30863.55063.5506

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 110.570 C1 C2 H7 110.851
C1 C2 H8 110.851 C1 O4 H9 103.819
C2 C1 O4 106.701 C2 C1 H5 109.198
C2 C1 H6 109.198 Cl3 C2 H7 107.606
Cl3 C2 H8 107.606 O4 C1 H5 111.938
O4 C1 H6 111.938 H5 C1 H6 107.822
H7 C2 H8 109.244
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.011      
2 C -0.057      
3 Cl -0.187      
4 O -0.284      
5 H 0.065      
6 H 0.065      
7 H 0.101      
8 H 0.101      
9 H 0.184      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.112 -0.795 0.000 2.256
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.900 -3.797 0.000
y -3.797 -27.452 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.957
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.696 -3.797 0.000
y -3.797 3.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.219
Polar
3z2-r22.439
x2-y2-5.448
xy-3.797
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.055 0.137 0.000
y 0.137 2.042 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.640


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 140.732
(<r2>)1/2 11.863