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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-612.996391
Energy at 298.15K-613.002487
HF Energy-612.996391
Nuclear repulsion energy159.808132
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/6-31+G**
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' 4194 3792 80.22      
2 A' 3277 2963 19.74      
3 A' 3191 2885 42.93      
4 A' 1661 1502 2.08      
5 A' 1624 1469 8.51      
6 A' 1584 1432 1.97      
7 A' 1426 1289 5.10      
8 A' 1321 1194 92.90      
9 A' 1185 1071 104.37      
10 A' 1092 987 9.13      
11 A' 821 742 108.30      
12 A' 418 378 1.36      
13 A' 272 246 11.97      
14 A" 3345 3025 8.42      
15 A" 3233 2923 43.54      
16 A" 1420 1284 0.03      
17 A" 1321 1194 1.89      
18 A" 1164 1052 2.69      
19 A" 860 778 0.03      
20 A" 244 220 157.74      
21 A" 140 127 17.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16895.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9042) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15276.5 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.99714 0.08202 0.07798

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.975 -0.552 0.000
C2 0.000 0.608 0.000
Cl3 -1.688 0.004 0.000
O4 2.256 0.019 0.000
H5 0.817 -1.167 0.881
H6 0.817 -1.167 -0.881
H7 0.125 1.217 0.881
H8 0.125 1.217 -0.881
H9 2.922 -0.649 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51562.72061.40231.08591.08592.15162.15161.9492
C21.51561.79322.33142.14362.14361.07851.07853.1805
Cl32.72061.79323.94392.90272.90272.35302.35304.6558
O41.40232.33143.94392.06162.06162.59862.59860.9428
H51.08592.14362.90272.06161.76292.48223.04452.3394
H61.08592.14362.90272.06161.76293.04452.48222.3394
H72.15161.07852.35302.59862.48223.04451.76293.4755
H82.15161.07852.35302.59863.04452.48221.76293.4755
H91.94923.18054.65580.94282.33942.33943.47553.4755

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 110.339 C1 C2 H7 110.958
C1 C2 H8 110.958 C1 O4 H9 110.918
C2 C1 O4 106.009 C2 C1 H5 109.875
C2 C1 H6 109.875 Cl3 C2 H7 107.418
Cl3 C2 H8 107.418 O4 C1 H5 111.269
O4 C1 H6 111.269 H5 C1 H6 108.527
H7 C2 H8 109.622
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.012      
2 C -0.307      
3 Cl -0.090      
4 O -0.614      
5 H 0.127      
6 H 0.127      
7 H 0.188      
8 H 0.188      
9 H 0.369      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.952 -1.149 0.000 2.265
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.578 -4.871 0.000
y -4.871 -30.171 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.839
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.573 -4.871 0.000
y -4.871 2.537 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.036
Polar
3z2-r20.072
x2-y2-3.407
xy-4.871
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.992 0.278 0.000
y 0.278 4.919 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.536


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.928
(<r2>)1/2 11.744