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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHOH (ethenol)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.900995
Energy at 298.15K-152.905278
Nuclear repulsion energy71.037967
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 HF/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' 4174 3767 55.26      
2 A' 3416 3083 18.03      
3 A' 3379 3050 7.10      
4 A' 3315 2992 7.54      
5 A' 1875 1692 199.08      
6 A' 1583 1429 22.89      
7 A' 1460 1317 6.28      
8 A' 1438 1298 2.29      
9 A' 1230 1110 233.82      
10 A' 1046 944 13.05      
11 A' 534 482 15.85      
12 A" 1125 1016 16.56      
13 A" 965 871 89.87      
14 A" 784 708 0.56      
15 A" 453 409 148.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13387.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12083.3 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
2.06659 0.35886 0.30577

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.201 -0.105 0.000
C2 0.000 0.437 0.000
O3 -1.180 -0.212 0.000
H4 1.351 -1.172 0.000
H5 2.072 0.521 0.000
H6 -0.148 1.501 0.000
H7 -1.045 -1.146 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.31762.38301.07711.07282.09772.4755
C21.31761.34602.10072.07411.07451.8965
O32.38301.34602.70693.33341.99890.9441
H41.07712.10072.70691.83953.06462.3964
H51.07282.07413.33341.83952.42763.5349
H62.09771.07451.99893.06462.42762.7946
H72.47551.89650.94412.39643.53492.7946

picture of ethenol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 126.931 C1 C2 H6 122.221
C2 C1 H4 122.298 C2 C1 H5 120.038
C2 O3 H7 110.588 O3 C2 H6 110.848
H4 C1 H5 117.664
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.389      
2 C 0.255      
3 O -0.611      
4 H 0.114      
5 H 0.134      
6 H 0.150      
7 H 0.348      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.662 -0.787 0.000 1.029
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.181 1.359 0.000
y 1.359 -14.001 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.471
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.945 1.359 0.000
y 1.359 6.325 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.381
Polar
3z2-r2-6.761
x2-y2-6.180
xy1.359
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.947 -0.431 0.000
y -0.431 3.656 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.590


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000