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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-607.333697
Energy at 298.15K-607.339449
HF Energy-607.333697
Nuclear repulsion energy155.767063
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/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' 3808 3359 24.40      
2 A' 3399 2999 0.16      
3 A' 3299 2910 7.00      
4 A' 1691 1491 1.28      
5 A' 1644 1450 4.60      
6 A' 1618 1427 1.51      
7 A' 1437 1267 0.17      
8 A' 1338 1180 28.86      
9 A' 1181 1042 6.97      
10 A' 1098 969 2.91      
11 A' 888 783 38.80      
12 A' 386 341 0.69      
13 A' 241 213 9.12      
14 A" 3523 3108 0.08      
15 A" 3401 3000 9.34      
16 A" 1383 1220 0.04      
17 A" 1249 1102 4.18      
18 A" 1115 983 0.11      
19 A" 838 739 0.36      
20 A" 300 265 79.31      
21 A" 96 85 8.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16966.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14965.7 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.94253 0.07820 0.07428

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.991 -0.570 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
Cl3 -1.725 0.018 0.000
O4 2.326 0.012 0.000
H5 0.796 -1.198 0.897
H6 0.796 -1.198 -0.897
H7 0.132 1.247 0.900
H8 0.132 1.247 -0.900
H9 2.907 -0.826 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.55132.77831.45711.11191.11192.20212.20211.9337
C21.55131.82782.40542.18092.18091.10261.10263.2487
Cl32.77831.82784.05102.93892.93892.40132.40134.7083
O41.45712.40544.05102.14732.14732.67402.67401.0197
H51.11192.18092.93892.14731.79322.53373.10602.3240
H61.11192.18092.93892.14731.79323.10602.53372.3240
H72.20211.10262.40132.67402.53373.10601.79993.5790
H82.20211.10262.40132.67403.10602.53371.79993.5790
H91.93373.24874.70831.01972.32402.32403.57903.5790

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 110.347 C1 C2 H7 111.015
C1 C2 H8 111.015 C1 O4 H9 101.185
C2 C1 O4 106.134 C2 C1 H5 108.834
C2 C1 H6 108.834 Cl3 C2 H7 107.463
Cl3 C2 H8 107.463 O4 C1 H5 112.723
O4 C1 H6 112.723 H5 C1 H6 107.489
H7 C2 H8 109.408
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.057      
2 C -0.109      
3 Cl -0.165      
4 O -0.247      
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 -0.737 0.000 2.179
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.915 -3.602 0.000
y -3.602 -27.228 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.751
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.925 -3.602 0.000
y -3.602 3.105 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.821
Polar
3z2-r21.641
x2-y2-4.687
xy-3.602
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.117 0.151 0.000
y 0.151 2.111 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.650


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 141.983
(<r2>)1/2 11.916