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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.638587
Energy at 298.15K-614.644437
HF Energy-614.638587
Nuclear repulsion energy158.319969
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 B3LYP/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' 3829 3679 24.14      
2 A' 3111 2989 16.07      
3 A' 3005 2887 40.23      
4 A' 1544 1483 2.45      
5 A' 1507 1448 4.04      
6 A' 1464 1407 3.64      
7 A' 1309 1258 0.75      
8 A' 1236 1187 60.43      
9 A' 1079 1037 80.54      
10 A' 1020 980 21.80      
11 A' 761 731 73.71      
12 A' 386 371 1.52      
13 A' 248 238 9.90      
14 A" 3177 3052 9.13      
15 A" 3043 2924 47.75      
16 A" 1307 1256 0.05      
17 A" 1212 1165 0.91      
18 A" 1067 1025 3.03      
19 A" 807 775 0.08      
20 A" 212 204 123.19      
21 A" 124 120 17.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15724.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15107.7 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.97905 0.08063 0.07666

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/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 0.040 0.000
H5 0.815 -1.175 0.889
H6 0.815 -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
C11.52182.74251.42111.09961.09962.16532.16531.9505
C21.52181.81062.34752.15382.15381.09031.09033.1987
Cl32.74251.81063.98062.91492.91492.37802.37804.6820
O41.42112.34753.98062.09902.09902.61332.61330.9655
H51.09962.15382.91492.09901.77802.49853.06722.3509
H61.09962.15382.91492.09901.77803.06722.49852.3509
H72.16531.09032.37802.61332.49853.06721.77993.5017
H82.16531.09032.37802.61333.06722.49851.77993.5017
H91.95053.19874.68200.96552.35092.35093.50173.5017

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 110.472 C1 C2 H7 110.905
C1 C2 H8 110.905 C1 O4 H9 108.108
C2 C1 O4 105.774 C2 C1 H5 109.439
C2 C1 H6 109.439 Cl3 C2 H7 107.507
Cl3 C2 H8 107.507 O4 C1 H5 112.129
O4 C1 H6 112.129 H5 C1 H6 107.890
H7 C2 H8 109.426
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/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 -0.969 0.000 2.165
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.910 -4.286 0.000
y -4.286 -29.726 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.284
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.405 -4.286 0.000
y -4.286 1.871 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.466
Polar
3z2-r2-0.932
x2-y2-2.184
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 4.070


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.357
(<r2>)1/2 11.805