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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G**

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.360627
Energy at 298.15K-614.366542
HF Energy-614.360627
Nuclear repulsion energy159.587484
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/6-311G**
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' 3908 3750 46.21      
2 A' 3116 2989 16.58      
3 A' 3014 2892 38.57      
4 A' 1525 1463 1.99      
5 A' 1491 1431 4.58      
6 A' 1463 1403 0.70      
7 A' 1313 1260 0.13      
8 A' 1245 1194 55.68      
9 A' 1106 1061 90.58      
10 A' 1044 1001 16.82      
11 A' 790 758 72.60      
12 A' 394 378 2.21      
13 A' 248 238 9.84      
14 A" 3182 3052 7.82      
15 A" 3056 2931 39.01      
16 A" 1310 1257 0.03      
17 A" 1214 1165 0.35      
18 A" 1069 1026 5.17      
19 A" 809 776 0.24      
20 A" 221 212 126.48      
21 A" 128 123 15.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15822.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15180.4 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.99079 0.08208 0.07804

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.972 -0.555 0.000
C2 0.000 0.603 0.000
Cl3 -1.686 0.008 0.000
O4 2.259 0.022 0.000
H5 0.797 -1.175 0.890
H6 0.797 -1.175 -0.890
H7 0.133 1.218 0.889
H8 0.133 1.218 -0.889
H9 2.904 -0.686 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51182.71671.41111.09851.09852.15352.15351.9370
C21.51181.78842.33282.14252.14251.08921.08923.1776
Cl32.71671.78843.94552.89072.89072.35882.35884.6425
O41.41112.33283.94552.08922.08922.59672.59670.9582
H51.09852.14252.89072.08921.77912.48373.05512.3391
H61.09852.14252.89072.08921.77913.05512.48372.3391
H72.15351.08922.35882.59672.48373.05511.77903.4782
H82.15351.08922.35882.59673.05512.48371.77903.4782
H91.93703.17764.64250.95822.33912.33913.47823.4782

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 110.530 C1 C2 H7 110.729
C1 C2 H8 110.729 C1 O4 H9 108.156
C2 C1 O4 105.843 C2 C1 H5 109.297
C2 C1 H6 109.297 Cl3 C2 H7 107.624
Cl3 C2 H8 107.624 O4 C1 H5 112.101
O4 C1 H6 112.101 H5 C1 H6 108.142
H7 C2 H8 109.501
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.030      
2 C -0.344      
3 Cl -0.109      
4 O -0.400      
5 H 0.127      
6 H 0.127      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.190      
9 H 0.250      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.961 -1.048 0.000 2.223
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.390 -4.274 0.000
y -4.274 -30.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.626
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.511 -4.274 0.000
y -4.274 1.875 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.364
Polar
3z2-r2-0.729
x2-y2-2.257
xy-4.274
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.249 0.182 0.000
y 0.182 4.844 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.168


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.575
(<r2>)1/2 11.729