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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.650923
Energy at 298.15K-614.656743
HF Energy-614.650923
Nuclear repulsion energy158.137272
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 B3LYP/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' 3839 3701 41.18      
2 A' 3109 2998 14.82      
3 A' 3019 2911 39.56      
4 A' 1529 1474 2.36      
5 A' 1499 1445 4.37      
6 A' 1445 1393 1.81      
7 A' 1303 1256 2.85      
8 A' 1222 1178 51.89      
9 A' 1057 1020 100.43      
10 A' 1015 979 14.71      
11 A' 756 729 76.13      
12 A' 385 372 1.93      
13 A' 248 239 10.92      
14 A" 3175 3062 5.94      
15 A" 3062 2952 33.74      
16 A" 1303 1256 0.03      
17 A" 1207 1163 0.41      
18 A" 1064 1026 2.61      
19 A" 803 774 0.11      
20 A" 203 196 130.11      
21 A" 120 115 24.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15680.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15119.3 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.97734 0.08045 0.07649

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.980 -0.552 0.000
C2 0.000 0.612 0.000
Cl3 -1.704 -0.005 0.000
O4 2.282 0.034 0.000
H5 0.819 -1.172 0.891
H6 0.819 -1.172 -0.891
H7 0.124 1.228 0.891
H8 0.124 1.228 -0.891
H9 2.947 -0.667 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52162.73921.42751.09811.09812.16692.16691.9701
C21.52161.81222.35422.15652.15651.09041.09043.2122
Cl32.73921.81223.98612.91952.91952.37822.37824.6975
O41.42752.35423.98612.09512.09512.62262.62260.9655
H51.09812.15652.91952.09511.78292.49933.06992.3617
H61.09812.15652.91952.09511.78293.06992.49932.3617
H72.16691.09042.37822.62262.49933.06991.78233.5146
H82.16691.09042.37822.62263.06992.49931.78233.5146
H91.97013.21224.69750.96552.36172.36173.51463.5146

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 110.190 C1 C2 H7 111.037
C1 C2 H8 111.037 C1 O4 H9 109.300
C2 C1 O4 105.883 C2 C1 H5 109.752
C2 C1 H6 109.752 Cl3 C2 H7 107.412
Cl3 C2 H8 107.412 O4 C1 H5 111.439
O4 C1 H6 111.439 H5 C1 H6 108.548
H7 C2 H8 109.621
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.094      
2 C -0.369      
3 Cl -0.046      
4 O -0.538      
5 H 0.144      
6 H 0.144      
7 H 0.203      
8 H 0.203      
9 H 0.353      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.761 -1.118 0.000 2.085
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.353 -4.810 0.000
y -4.810 -30.417 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.033
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.128 -4.810 0.000
y -4.810 2.277 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.149
Polar
3z2-r2-0.298
x2-y2-2.936
xy-4.810
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.715 0.242 0.000
y 0.242 5.449 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.960


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 140.256
(<r2>)1/2 11.843