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All results from a given calculation for CH2FCH2OH (2-fluoroethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-254.210283
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-254.210283
Nuclear repulsion energy131.710320
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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 3871 3683 32.72 52.91 0.24 0.39
2 A 3140 2988 44.96 53.11 0.73 0.84
3 A 3125 2974 30.13 85.74 0.37 0.54
4 A 3077 2927 30.25 104.70 0.14 0.25
5 A 3025 2879 50.06 111.83 0.20 0.34
6 A 1522 1449 2.53 4.94 0.72 0.84
7 A 1515 1441 2.63 13.66 0.73 0.85
8 A 1455 1384 38.91 5.21 0.63 0.77
9 A 1424 1355 27.49 5.05 0.74 0.85
10 A 1400 1332 2.86 9.56 0.75 0.86
11 A 1281 1219 8.02 10.97 0.72 0.83
12 A 1242 1182 14.75 7.29 0.75 0.86
13 A 1161 1105 36.41 2.63 0.38 0.55
14 A 1125 1070 68.03 3.47 0.75 0.86
15 A 1091 1038 65.53 1.67 0.60 0.75
16 A 918 873 12.21 6.42 0.35 0.52
17 A 886 843 28.84 4.11 0.48 0.65
18 A 528 502 9.92 1.04 0.74 0.85
19 A 441 419 134.94 2.94 0.74 0.85
20 A 322 306 11.15 0.27 0.61 0.76
21 A 158 151 12.22 0.03 0.39 0.57

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16352.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15559.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.52100 0.18915 0.15549

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.690 0.583 0.272
C2 -0.718 0.567 -0.272
O3 1.422 -0.527 -0.184
F4 -1.326 -0.607 0.158
H5 1.208 1.483 -0.072
H6 0.649 0.622 1.371
H7 -1.305 1.419 0.088
H8 -0.712 0.562 -1.366
H9 0.891 -1.302 0.029

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50911.40612.34361.09371.10052.17032.15541.9117
C21.50912.40541.39102.14182.13781.09481.09422.4850
O31.40612.40542.77012.02452.08193.36112.67110.9633
F42.34361.39102.77013.29282.62312.02752.01702.3266
H51.09372.14182.02453.29281.77092.51892.49132.8049
H61.10052.13782.08192.62311.77092.46973.05692.3581
H72.17031.09483.36112.02752.51892.46971.78903.4971
H82.15541.09422.67112.01702.49133.05691.78902.8263
H91.91172.48500.96332.32662.80492.35813.49712.8263

picture of 2-fluoroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 107.752 C1 C2 H7 111.939
C1 C2 H8 110.770 C1 O3 H9 106.062
C2 C1 O3 111.153 C2 C1 H5 109.719
C2 C1 H6 109.012 O3 C1 H5 107.507
O3 C1 H6 111.741
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.024      
2 C 0.063      
3 O -0.550      
4 F -0.331      
5 H 0.138      
6 H 0.124      
7 H 0.120      
8 H 0.134      
9 H 0.327      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.717 1.250 0.225 1.458
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.395 -0.692 1.382
y -0.692 -20.451 -0.432
z 1.382 -0.432 -23.163
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.588 -0.692 1.382
y -0.692 5.328 -0.432
z 1.382 -0.432 1.259
Polar
3z2-r22.519
x2-y2-7.944
xy-0.692
xz1.382
yz-0.432


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.958 -0.094 -0.012
y -0.094 4.169 0.044
z -0.012 0.044 3.683


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.085
(<r2>)1/2 8.893