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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2OH (Ethanol)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.034915
Energy at 298.15K-155.041630
HF Energy-155.034915
Nuclear repulsion energy81.994904
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 wB97X-D/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' 3932 3760 28.87 91.94 0.30 0.46
2 A' 3133 2997 31.23 63.31 0.75 0.86
3 A' 3052 2919 16.96 137.04 0.01 0.02
4 A' 2989 2859 74.09 122.03 0.11 0.19
5 A' 1538 1472 2.05 4.68 0.70 0.82
6 A' 1509 1443 2.77 16.34 0.75 0.86
7 A' 1475 1411 10.74 4.03 0.40 0.57
8 A' 1408 1347 3.95 0.42 0.61 0.76
9 A' 1294 1238 86.58 3.57 0.75 0.86
10 A' 1138 1089 35.03 5.55 0.64 0.78
11 A' 1056 1010 49.89 3.67 0.16 0.27
12 A' 920 880 8.34 5.52 0.36 0.53
13 A' 424 406 11.91 0.32 0.64 0.78
14 A" 3136 2999 34.18 50.74 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3020 2889 65.32 100.82 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1485 1421 6.99 10.68 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1315 1258 0.00 9.84 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1190 1138 5.13 1.06 0.75 0.86
19 A" 833 797 0.01 0.07 0.75 0.86
20 A" 296 284 102.31 2.94 0.75 0.86
21 A" 258 247 28.84 0.51 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17701.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16931.1 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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
ABC
1.17722 0.31465 0.27383

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.167 -0.411 0.000
C2 0.000 0.553 0.000
O3 -1.194 -0.210 0.000
H4 -1.935 0.395 0.000
H5 2.117 0.130 0.000
H6 1.130 -1.050 0.885
H7 1.130 -1.050 -0.885
H8 0.053 1.200 0.887
H9 0.053 1.200 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51402.36963.20561.09301.09221.09222.15072.1507
C21.51401.41671.94192.15842.15172.15171.09961.0996
O32.36961.41670.95673.32782.62462.62462.08092.0809
H43.20561.94190.95674.06063.50223.50222.32182.3218
H51.09302.15843.32784.06061.77491.77492.48812.4881
H61.09222.15172.62463.50221.77491.77032.49453.0602
H71.09222.15172.62463.50221.77491.77033.06022.4945
H82.15071.09962.08092.32182.48812.49453.06021.7749
H92.15071.09962.08092.32182.48813.06022.49451.7749

picture of Ethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 107.859 C1 C2 H8 109.732
C1 C2 H9 109.732 C2 C1 H5 110.740
C2 C1 H6 110.247 C2 C1 H7 110.247
C2 O3 H4 108.246 O3 C2 H8 110.949
O3 C2 H9 110.949 H5 C1 H6 108.635
H5 C1 H7 108.635 H6 C1 H7 108.271
H8 C2 H9 107.618
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.342      
2 C -0.041      
3 O -0.406      
4 H 0.243      
5 H 0.110      
6 H 0.124      
7 H 0.124      
8 H 0.094      
9 H 0.094      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.014 1.626 0.000 1.626
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.515 -2.354 0.000
y -2.354 -19.847 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -19.962
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.390 -2.354 0.000
y -2.354 -1.109 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.281
Polar
3z2-r2-2.561
x2-y22.332
xy-2.354
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.606 -0.183 0.000
y -0.183 4.163 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.816


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 53.897
(<r2>)1/2 7.341