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

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-227.064772
Energy at 298.15K-227.071576
Nuclear repulsion energy124.821569
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 BLYP/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 Ag 3482 3222 0.00      
2 Ag 3102 2870 0.00      
3 Ag 1627 1505 0.00      
4 Ag 1570 1452 0.00      
5 Ag 1379 1276 0.00      
6 Ag 1085 1004 0.00      
7 Ag 981 908 0.00      
8 Ag 429 396 0.00      
9 Au 3209 2969 50.77      
10 Au 1199 1109 4.52      
11 Au 836 773 0.31      
12 Au 308 285 123.68      
13 Au 71 66 5.96      
14 Bg 3189 2951 0.00      
15 Bg 1322 1223 0.00      
16 Bg 1119 1035 0.00      
17 Bg 319 295 0.00      
18 Bu 3484 3223 104.38      
19 Bu 3110 2877 38.71      
20 Bu 1642 1519 3.57      
21 Bu 1522 1408 10.74      
22 Bu 1260 1166 40.84      
23 Bu 1063 983 25.12      
24 Bu 269 249 10.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18787.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17382.6 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.92961 0.12306 0.11351

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.457 0.645 0.000
C2 -0.457 -0.645 0.000
O3 0.457 -1.824 0.000
O4 -0.457 1.824 0.000
H5 -0.240 -2.603 0.000
H6 0.240 2.603 0.000
H7 -1.123 -0.618 0.906
H8 -1.123 -0.618 -0.906
H9 1.123 0.618 0.906
H10 1.123 0.618 -0.906

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.58142.46931.49133.32271.97012.21662.21661.12501.1250
C21.58141.49132.46931.97013.32271.12501.12502.21662.2166
O32.46931.49133.76061.04564.43272.18462.18462.68842.6884
O41.49132.46933.76064.43271.04562.68842.68842.18462.1846
H53.32271.97011.04564.43275.22902.35452.35453.61333.6133
H61.97013.32274.43271.04565.22903.61333.61332.35452.3545
H72.21661.12502.18462.68842.35453.61331.81192.56403.1396
H82.21661.12502.18462.68842.35453.61331.81193.13962.5640
H91.12502.21662.68842.18463.61332.35452.56403.13961.8119
H101.12502.21662.68842.18463.61332.35453.13962.56401.8119

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 106.921 C1 C2 H7 108.803
C1 C2 H8 108.803 C1 O4 H6 100.419
C2 C1 O4 106.921 C2 C1 H9 108.803
C2 C1 H10 108.803 C2 O3 H5 100.419
O3 C2 H7 112.475 O3 C2 H8 112.475
O4 C1 H9 112.475 O4 C1 H10 112.475
H7 C2 H8 107.274 H9 C1 H10 107.274
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.058      
2 C -0.058      
3 O -0.222      
4 O -0.222      
5 H 0.155      
6 H 0.155      
7 H 0.063      
8 H 0.063      
9 H 0.063      
10 H 0.063      


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
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.342 5.069 0.000
y 5.069 -19.210 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.949
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.263 5.069 0.000
y 5.069 3.936 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.673
Polar
3z2-r2-3.345
x2-y2-4.133
xy5.069
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.398 0.124 0.000
y 0.124 3.887 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.742


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.236
(<r2>)1/2 10.062