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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-607.633042
Energy at 298.15K-607.638786
HF Energy-607.633042
Nuclear repulsion energy155.576788
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/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' 3800 3339 25.34      
2 A' 3395 2984 0.16      
3 A' 3295 2896 6.85      
4 A' 1690 1485 1.18      
5 A' 1643 1444 4.41      
6 A' 1616 1420 1.76      
7 A' 1436 1262 0.12      
8 A' 1337 1175 29.63      
9 A' 1175 1033 6.70      
10 A' 1094 961 2.88      
11 A' 883 776 39.05      
12 A' 385 338 0.67      
13 A' 241 212 9.12      
14 A" 3519 3093 0.05      
15 A" 3398 2986 9.44      
16 A" 1383 1215 0.03      
17 A" 1249 1097 4.17      
18 A" 1113 978 0.12      
19 A" 836 735 0.34      
20 A" 299 263 79.00      
21 A" 96 84 8.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16940.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14889.1 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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
ABC
0.94169 0.07796 0.07405

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.993 -0.571 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
Cl3 -1.727 0.018 0.000
O4 2.330 0.013 0.000
H5 0.799 -1.199 0.897
H6 0.799 -1.199 -0.897
H7 0.131 1.247 0.900
H8 0.131 1.247 -0.900
H9 2.912 -0.825 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.55292.78301.45901.11181.11182.20372.20371.9357
C21.55291.83062.40852.18282.18281.10261.10263.2519
Cl32.78301.83064.05722.94432.94432.40312.40314.7149
O41.45902.40854.05722.14832.14832.67732.67731.0200
H51.11182.18282.94432.14831.79352.53553.10762.3250
H61.11182.18282.94432.14831.79353.10762.53552.3250
H72.20371.10262.40312.67732.53553.10761.80013.5825
H82.20371.10262.40312.67733.10762.53551.80013.5825
H91.93573.25194.71491.02002.32502.32503.58253.5825

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 110.402 C1 C2 H7 111.033
C1 C2 H8 111.033 C1 O4 H9 101.191
C2 C1 O4 106.147 C2 C1 H5 108.868
C2 C1 H6 108.868 Cl3 C2 H7 107.406
Cl3 C2 H8 107.406 O4 C1 H5 112.667
O4 C1 H6 112.667 H5 C1 H6 107.525
H7 C2 H8 109.425
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.054      
2 C -0.107      
3 Cl -0.166      
4 O -0.248      
5 H 0.081      
6 H 0.081      
7 H 0.116      
8 H 0.116      
9 H 0.181      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.051 -0.739 0.000 2.180
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.935 -3.609 0.000
y -3.609 -27.236 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.761
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.937 -3.609 0.000
y -3.609 3.112 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.825
Polar
3z2-r21.649
x2-y2-4.699
xy-3.609
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.158 0.150 0.000
y 0.150 2.122 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.657


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 142.347
(<r2>)1/2 11.931