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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2OH (Ethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.043906
Energy at 298.15K-155.050603
HF Energy-155.043906
Nuclear repulsion energy82.074460
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
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' 3907 3738 27.08 98.82 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3140 3004 29.23 62.81 0.75 0.86
3 A' 3061 2928 16.13 135.99 0.01 0.01
4 A' 2994 2864 72.97 125.78 0.10 0.19
5 A' 1534 1468 1.77 4.06 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1505 1440 2.70 17.03 0.75 0.86
7 A' 1469 1406 10.66 3.74 0.45 0.62
8 A' 1403 1342 4.02 0.43 0.70 0.83
9 A' 1285 1230 82.84 3.49 0.75 0.86
10 A' 1132 1083 36.76 5.57 0.65 0.78
11 A' 1054 1009 48.15 3.69 0.14 0.25
12 A' 918 879 9.96 4.81 0.38 0.55
13 A' 419 401 11.83 0.32 0.67 0.80
14 A" 3143 3007 32.61 49.99 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3024 2893 63.85 101.90 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1482 1417 7.08 10.43 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1310 1253 0.02 9.44 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1186 1134 5.01 1.25 0.75 0.86
19 A" 826 790 0.06 0.08 0.75 0.86
20 A" 292 279 90.45 2.75 0.75 0.86
21 A" 257 246 38.57 0.76 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17670.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16905.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
ABC
1.17822 0.31563 0.27456

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.166 -0.408 0.000
C2 0.000 0.553 0.000
O3 -1.192 -0.213 0.000
H4 -1.933 0.393 0.000
H5 2.115 0.133 0.000
H6 1.129 -1.047 0.884
H7 1.129 -1.047 -0.884
H8 0.051 1.200 0.887
H9 0.051 1.200 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51032.36563.20051.09221.09151.09152.14802.1480
C21.51031.41671.93972.15622.14832.14831.09901.0990
O32.36561.41670.95723.32492.62012.62012.08042.0804
H43.20051.93970.95724.05643.49753.49752.31832.3183
H51.09222.15623.32494.05641.77311.77312.48712.4871
H61.09152.14832.62013.49751.77311.76812.49243.0573
H71.09152.14832.62013.49751.77311.76813.05732.4924
H82.14801.09902.08042.31832.48712.49243.05731.7730
H92.14801.09902.08042.31832.48713.05732.49241.7730

picture of Ethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 107.799 C1 C2 H8 109.809
C1 C2 H9 109.809 C2 C1 H5 110.870
C2 C1 H6 110.283 C2 C1 H7 110.283
C2 O3 H4 108.024 O3 C2 H8 110.946
O3 C2 H9 110.946 H5 C1 H6 108.576
H5 C1 H7 108.576 H6 C1 H7 108.181
H8 C2 H9 107.537
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.353      
2 C -0.050      
3 O -0.406      
4 H 0.240      
5 H 0.114      
6 H 0.128      
7 H 0.128      
8 H 0.100      
9 H 0.100      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.019 1.609 0.000 1.609
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.501 -2.336 0.000
y -2.336 -19.839 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -19.952
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.394 -2.336 0.000
y -2.336 -1.112 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.282
Polar
3z2-r2-2.564
x2-y22.338
xy-2.336
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.636 -0.190 0.000
y -0.190 4.163 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.799


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 53.784
(<r2>)1/2 7.334