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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.552581
Energy at 298.15K-614.558288
HF Energy-614.552581
Nuclear repulsion energy156.724325
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 BLYP/6-31G**
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' 3668 3639 11.15      
2 A' 3031 3008 17.23      
3 A' 2918 2896 43.46      
4 A' 1503 1492 2.29      
5 A' 1468 1457 2.52      
6 A' 1418 1407 4.30      
7 A' 1269 1259 0.71      
8 A' 1202 1193 55.45      
9 A' 1013 1006 59.58      
10 A' 977 970 36.01      
11 A' 719 713 70.10      
12 A' 369 366 1.22      
13 A' 239 237 9.52      
14 A" 3095 3071 11.44      
15 A" 2953 2930 51.75      
16 A" 1266 1256 0.09      
17 A" 1171 1162 0.54      
18 A" 1031 1023 2.85      
19 A" 786 780 0.13      
20 A" 190 188 105.38      
21 A" 115 114 23.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15199.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15082.4 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.96117 0.07898 0.07509

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.999 -0.549 0.000
C2 0.000 0.614 0.000
Cl3 -1.721 -0.020 0.000
O4 2.301 0.062 0.000
H5 0.832 -1.179 0.895
H6 0.832 -1.179 -0.895
H7 0.117 1.236 0.897
H8 0.117 1.236 -0.897
H9 2.958 -0.660 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53292.77061.43901.10741.10742.18302.18301.9631
C21.53291.83412.36652.16992.16991.09731.09733.2212
Cl32.77061.83414.02322.94322.94322.40002.40004.7231
O41.43902.36654.02322.12162.12162.63632.63630.9767
H51.10742.16992.94322.12161.79082.51803.09062.3649
H61.10742.16992.94322.12161.79083.09062.51802.3649
H72.18301.09732.40002.63632.51803.09061.79323.5313
H82.18301.09732.40002.63633.09062.51801.79323.5313
H91.96313.22124.72310.97672.36492.36493.53133.5313

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 110.428 C1 C2 H7 111.106
C1 C2 H8 111.106 C1 O4 H9 107.157
C2 C1 O4 105.513 C2 C1 H5 109.483
C2 C1 H6 109.483 Cl3 C2 H7 107.230
Cl3 C2 H8 107.230 O4 C1 H5 112.199
O4 C1 H6 112.199 H5 C1 H6 107.919
H7 C2 H8 109.590
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.071      
2 C -0.256      
3 Cl -0.097      
4 O -0.505      
5 H 0.092      
6 H 0.092      
7 H 0.152      
8 H 0.152      
9 H 0.300      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.937 -0.908 0.000 2.139
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.860 -4.197 0.000
y -4.197 -29.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.400
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.214 -4.197 0.000
y -4.197 1.738 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.524
Polar
3z2-r2-1.048
x2-y2-1.968
xy-4.197
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.295 0.163 0.000
y 0.163 4.725 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.155


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 141.850
(<r2>)1/2 11.910