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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.241563
Energy at 298.15K-614.247317
HF Energy-614.241563
Nuclear repulsion energy158.067738
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3724 3673 18.07      
2 A' 3037 2996 15.69      
3 A' 2924 2884 43.28      
4 A' 1492 1472 2.57      
5 A' 1457 1437 3.53      
6 A' 1416 1397 2.73      
7 A' 1269 1251 0.74      
8 A' 1203 1187 47.84      
9 A' 1054 1040 73.90      
10 A' 1000 986 27.61      
11 A' 754 744 65.55      
12 A' 379 374 1.85      
13 A' 240 237 9.54      
14 A" 3104 3061 8.37      
15 A" 2962 2921 48.01      
16 A" 1265 1247 0.15      
17 A" 1172 1156 0.35      
18 A" 1035 1021 3.29      
19 A" 785 774 0.25      
20 A" 193 191 108.40      
21 A" 119 117 25.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15292.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15082.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
0.97043 0.08061 0.07661

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.982 -0.558 0.000
C2 0.000 0.609 0.000
Cl3 -1.702 0.003 0.000
O4 2.280 0.031 0.000
H5 0.801 -1.187 0.895
H6 0.801 -1.187 -0.895
H7 0.134 1.231 0.896
H8 0.134 1.231 -0.896
H9 2.926 -0.698 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52482.74161.42591.10941.10942.17322.17321.9490
C21.52481.80632.35252.16072.16071.09931.09933.2044
Cl32.74161.80633.98232.91232.91232.38352.38354.6804
O41.42592.35253.98232.11552.11552.61752.61750.9736
H51.10942.16072.91232.11551.79102.50883.08282.3574
H61.10942.16072.91232.11551.79103.08282.50882.3574
H72.17321.09932.38352.61752.50883.08281.79223.5099
H82.17321.09932.38352.61753.08282.50881.79223.5099
H91.94903.20444.68040.97362.35742.35743.50993.5099

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 110.494 C1 C2 H7 110.780
C1 C2 H8 110.780 C1 O4 H9 107.128
C2 C1 O4 105.692 C2 C1 H5 109.206
C2 C1 H6 109.206 Cl3 C2 H7 107.740
Cl3 C2 H8 107.740 O4 C1 H5 112.515
O4 C1 H6 112.515 H5 C1 H6 107.641
H7 C2 H8 109.206
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.009      
2 C -0.342      
3 Cl -0.072      
4 O -0.507      
5 H 0.118      
6 H 0.118      
7 H 0.181      
8 H 0.181      
9 H 0.314      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.915 -0.946 0.000 2.136
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.609 -4.160 0.000
y -4.160 -29.711 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.320
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.093 -4.160 0.000
y -4.160 1.753 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.660
Polar
3z2-r2-1.321
x2-y2-1.898
xy-4.160
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.132 0.128 0.000
y 0.128 4.733 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.173


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.432
(<r2>)1/2 11.808