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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.709073
Energy at 298.15K-614.714937
HF Energy-614.709073
Nuclear repulsion energy158.342010
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 B3LYP/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' 3844 3716 37.24      
2 A' 3099 2996 17.05      
3 A' 2995 2896 39.10      
4 A' 1528 1478 1.61      
5 A' 1495 1445 3.75      
6 A' 1458 1409 1.30      
7 A' 1309 1266 0.19      
8 A' 1239 1198 60.20      
9 A' 1060 1025 81.77      
10 A' 1020 986 19.93      
11 A' 752 727 77.37      
12 A' 384 371 1.63      
13 A' 248 239 9.85      
14 A" 3161 3056 9.21      
15 A" 3032 2932 41.36      
16 A" 1306 1263 0.04      
17 A" 1208 1168 0.36      
18 A" 1063 1027 4.97      
19 A" 810 783 0.24      
20 A" 217 209 123.08      
21 A" 124 120 15.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15675.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15154.7 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 B3LYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.98259 0.08057 0.07662

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.987 -0.548 0.000
C2 0.000 0.606 0.000
Cl3 -1.704 -0.013 0.000
O4 2.278 0.052 0.000
H5 0.825 -1.169 0.890
H6 0.825 -1.169 -0.890
H7 0.119 1.220 0.890
H8 0.119 1.220 -0.890
H9 2.936 -0.648 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51882.74361.42351.09721.09722.16162.16161.9515
C21.51881.81312.34402.15082.15081.08771.08773.1928
Cl32.74361.81313.98212.91982.91982.37422.37424.6831
O41.42352.34403.98212.09612.09612.61072.61070.9615
H51.09722.15082.91982.09611.77962.49193.06222.3490
H61.09722.15082.91982.09611.77963.06222.49192.3490
H72.16161.08772.37422.61072.49193.06221.77983.4956
H82.16161.08772.37422.61073.06222.49191.77983.4956
H91.95153.19284.68310.96152.34902.34903.49563.4956

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 110.551 C1 C2 H7 110.979
C1 C2 H8 110.979 C1 O4 H9 108.256
C2 C1 O4 105.582 C2 C1 H5 109.548
C2 C1 H6 109.548 Cl3 C2 H7 107.199
Cl3 C2 H8 107.199 O4 C1 H5 111.869
O4 C1 H6 111.869 H5 C1 H6 108.378
H7 C2 H8 109.792
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.004      
2 C -0.295      
3 Cl -0.124      
4 O -0.403      
5 H 0.112      
6 H 0.112      
7 H 0.173      
8 H 0.173      
9 H 0.247      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.005 -1.022 0.000 2.250
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.717 -4.319 0.000
y -4.319 -30.458 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.844
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.567 -4.319 0.000
y -4.319 1.823 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.257
Polar
3z2-r2-0.514
x2-y2-2.260
xy-4.319
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.471 0.218 0.000
y 0.218 4.884 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.192


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.831
(<r2>)1/2 11.825