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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHOH (ethenol)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.625958
Energy at 298.15K-153.630048
Nuclear repulsion energy69.780638
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 PBEPBE/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' 3681 3630 15.38      
2 A' 3206 3162 8.35      
3 A' 3133 3090 7.80      
4 A' 3101 3059 7.30      
5 A' 1678 1655 147.10      
6 A' 1409 1390 14.46      
7 A' 1338 1320 1.16      
8 A' 1293 1275 6.76      
9 A' 1101 1085 166.86      
10 A' 937 924 3.84      
11 A' 475 468 12.13      
12 A" 958 945 31.50      
13 A" 759 749 56.70      
14 A" 692 682 0.02      
15 A" 492 485 111.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12125.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11959.2 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
2.00605 0.34609 0.29517

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.223 -0.116 0.000
C2 0.000 0.440 0.000
O3 -1.205 -0.203 0.000
H4 1.373 -1.200 0.000
H5 2.111 0.517 0.000
H6 -0.152 1.525 0.000
H7 -1.029 -1.164 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.34362.42951.09481.09022.14062.4844
C21.34361.36612.13962.11201.09491.9065
O32.42951.36612.76433.39292.02350.9770
H41.09482.13962.76431.86903.12292.4028
H51.09022.11203.39291.86902.47693.5618
H62.14061.09492.02353.12292.47692.8286
H72.48441.90650.97702.40283.56182.8286

picture of ethenol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 127.431 C1 C2 H6 122.440
C2 C1 H4 122.346 C2 C1 H5 120.052
C2 O3 H7 107.755 O3 C2 H6 110.129
H4 C1 H5 117.602
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.325      
2 C 0.145      
3 O -0.463      
4 H 0.095      
5 H 0.115      
6 H 0.120      
7 H 0.314      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.373 -0.875 0.000 0.951
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.585 1.400 0.000
y 1.400 -14.227 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.267
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.338 1.400 0.000
y 1.400 5.699 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.361
Polar
3z2-r2-6.722
x2-y2-5.359
xy1.400
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.299 -0.213 0.000
y -0.213 4.011 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.655


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