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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.568133
Energy at 298.15K-614.573781
HF Energy-614.568133
Nuclear repulsion energy156.454002
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 BLYP/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' 3686 3667 26.45      
2 A' 3030 3014 15.54      
3 A' 2937 2922 41.79      
4 A' 1485 1477 1.96      
5 A' 1459 1451 3.01      
6 A' 1395 1387 2.29      
7 A' 1260 1254 3.65      
8 A' 1187 1181 46.48      
9 A' 983 978 62.35      
10 A' 974 969 47.13      
11 A' 711 708 73.46      
12 A' 367 365 1.67      
13 A' 238 237 10.72      
14 A" 3095 3078 7.28      
15 A" 2978 2962 35.04      
16 A" 1262 1255 0.07      
17 A" 1164 1158 0.16      
18 A" 1027 1022 2.48      
19 A" 782 778 0.20      
20 A" 170 169 102.22      
21 A" 107 107 42.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15148.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15068.1 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.95917 0.07869 0.07483

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.992 -0.549 0.000
C2 0.000 0.618 0.000
Cl3 -1.723 -0.019 0.000
O4 2.308 0.055 0.000
H5 0.837 -1.174 0.898
H6 0.837 -1.174 -0.898
H7 0.114 1.238 0.898
H8 0.114 1.238 -0.898
H9 2.976 -0.657 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53212.76661.44841.10531.10532.18472.18471.9871
C21.53211.83732.37602.17282.17281.09741.09743.2379
Cl32.76661.83734.03232.94902.94902.40082.40084.7426
O41.44842.37604.03232.11732.11732.64972.64970.9762
H51.10532.17282.94902.11731.79682.51853.09372.3772
H61.10532.17282.94902.11731.79683.09372.51852.3772
H72.18471.09742.40082.64972.51853.09371.79653.5482
H82.18471.09742.40082.64973.09372.51851.79653.5482
H91.98713.23794.74260.97622.37722.37723.54823.5482

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 110.059 C1 C2 H7 111.294
C1 C2 H8 111.294 C1 O4 H9 108.510
C2 C1 O4 105.692 C2 C1 H5 109.882
C2 C1 H6 109.882 Cl3 C2 H7 107.069
Cl3 C2 H8 107.069 O4 C1 H5 111.310
O4 C1 H6 111.310 H5 C1 H6 108.736
H7 C2 H8 109.879
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.117      
2 C -0.358      
3 Cl -0.045      
4 O -0.511      
5 H 0.143      
6 H 0.143      
7 H 0.200      
8 H 0.200      
9 H 0.344      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.730 -1.086 0.000 2.042
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.655 -4.822 0.000
y -4.822 -30.780 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.351
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.089 -4.822 0.000
y -4.822 2.223 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.133
Polar
3z2-r2-0.267
x2-y2-2.875
xy-4.822
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.208 0.242 0.000
y 0.242 5.751 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.200


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 143.069
(<r2>)1/2 11.961