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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.638596
Energy at 298.15K-614.644448
HF Energy-614.638596
Nuclear repulsion energy158.320620
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3828 3678 24.14      
2 A' 3110 2988 16.04      
3 A' 3004 2887 40.26      
4 A' 1544 1483 2.44      
5 A' 1508 1449 4.07      
6 A' 1465 1408 3.55      
7 A' 1311 1259 0.78      
8 A' 1237 1188 60.72      
9 A' 1080 1037 80.20      
10 A' 1020 980 21.87      
11 A' 760 730 73.78      
12 A' 386 371 1.50      
13 A' 248 239 9.90      
14 A" 3176 3052 9.13      
15 A" 3043 2923 47.78      
16 A" 1309 1257 0.05      
17 A" 1213 1166 0.90      
18 A" 1068 1026 3.04      
19 A" 808 777 0.08      
20 A" 213 204 122.71      
21 A" 125 120 18.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15727.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15111.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
0.97918 0.08063 0.07666

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.985 -0.551 0.000
C2 0.000 0.609 0.000
Cl3 -1.703 -0.006 0.000
O4 2.278 0.041 0.000
H5 0.816 -1.175 0.889
H6 0.816 -1.175 -0.889
H7 0.126 1.226 0.890
H8 0.126 1.226 -0.890
H9 2.932 -0.669 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52172.74261.42111.09971.09972.16532.16531.9505
C21.52171.81052.34742.15392.15391.09031.09033.1986
Cl32.74261.81053.98062.91542.91542.37782.37784.6821
O41.42112.34743.98062.09902.09902.61322.61320.9655
H51.09972.15392.91542.09901.77802.49873.06732.3508
H61.09972.15392.91542.09901.77803.06732.49872.3508
H72.16531.09032.37782.61322.49873.06731.77993.5016
H82.16531.09032.37782.61323.06732.49871.77993.5016
H91.95053.19864.68210.96552.35082.35083.50163.5016

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 110.487 C1 C2 H7 110.906
C1 C2 H8 110.906 C1 O4 H9 108.110
C2 C1 O4 105.769 C2 C1 H5 109.452
C2 C1 H6 109.452 Cl3 C2 H7 107.502
Cl3 C2 H8 107.502 O4 C1 H5 112.123
O4 C1 H6 112.123 H5 C1 H6 107.881
H7 C2 H8 109.416
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.065      
2 C -0.287      
3 Cl -0.093      
4 O -0.539      
5 H 0.104      
6 H 0.104      
7 H 0.166      
8 H 0.166      
9 H 0.315      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.936 -0.970 0.000 2.165
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.908 -4.286 0.000
y -4.286 -29.726 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.284
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.403 -4.286 0.000
y -4.286 1.870 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.467
Polar
3z2-r2-0.934
x2-y2-2.182
xy-4.286
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.961 0.172 0.000
y 0.172 4.583 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.069


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.359
(<r2>)1/2 11.805