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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.671430
Energy at 298.15K-614.677330
HF Energy-614.671430
Nuclear repulsion energy159.796974
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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' 3910 3754 45.58      
2 A' 3124 3000 17.07      
3 A' 3022 2902 39.04      
4 A' 1529 1468 1.75      
5 A' 1495 1436 4.35      
6 A' 1462 1404 0.94      
7 A' 1312 1259 0.00      
8 A' 1242 1192 56.62      
9 A' 1103 1059 91.84      
10 A' 1042 1001 17.07      
11 A' 784 753 73.48      
12 A' 391 376 2.11      
13 A' 242 233 9.94      
14 A" 3190 3063 8.59      
15 A" 3065 2942 39.92      
16 A" 1311 1258 0.03      
17 A" 1214 1166 0.39      
18 A" 1069 1026 5.18      
19 A" 808 776 0.18      
20 A" 223 214 126.97      
21 A" 126 121 14.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15832.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15200.7 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
0.99297 0.08231 0.07824

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.970 -0.553 0.000
C2 0.000 0.604 0.000
Cl3 -1.684 0.004 0.000
O4 2.256 0.026 0.000
H5 0.797 -1.171 0.887
H6 0.797 -1.171 -0.887
H7 0.131 1.216 0.887
H8 0.131 1.216 -0.887
H9 2.903 -0.679 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50962.71201.41041.09521.09522.14952.14951.9374
C21.50961.78752.32892.13852.13851.08601.08603.1739
Cl32.71201.78753.94032.88532.88532.35602.35604.6380
O41.41042.32893.94032.08572.08572.59212.59210.9568
H51.09522.13852.88532.08571.77452.47853.04822.3381
H61.09522.13852.88532.08571.77453.04822.47852.3381
H72.14951.08602.35602.59212.47853.04821.77463.4731
H82.14951.08602.35602.59213.04822.47851.77463.4731
H91.93743.17394.63800.95682.33812.33813.47313.4731

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 110.396 C1 C2 H7 110.757
C1 C2 H8 110.757 C1 O4 H9 108.326
C2 C1 O4 105.746 C2 C1 H5 109.332
C2 C1 H6 109.332 Cl3 C2 H7 107.628
Cl3 C2 H8 107.628 O4 C1 H5 112.080
O4 C1 H6 112.080 H5 C1 H6 108.210
H7 C2 H8 109.571
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.035      
2 C -0.344      
3 Cl -0.109      
4 O -0.404      
5 H 0.128      
6 H 0.128      
7 H 0.191      
8 H 0.191      
9 H 0.254      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.948 -1.046 0.000 2.211
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.328 -4.272 0.000
y -4.272 -30.063 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.537
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.529 -4.272 0.000
y -4.272 1.869 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.341
Polar
3z2-r2-0.681
x2-y2-2.265
xy-4.272
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.254 0.187 0.000
y 0.187 4.836 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.158


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.209
(<r2>)1/2 11.714