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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.660608
Energy at 298.15K-614.666554
HF Energy-614.660608
Nuclear repulsion energy159.562448
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
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' 3867 3690 22.81      
2 A' 3127 2984 20.53      
3 A' 3026 2888 45.18      
4 A' 1546 1476 2.14      
5 A' 1509 1441 4.88      
6 A' 1481 1413 1.44      
7 A' 1331 1270 0.15      
8 A' 1256 1199 67.97      
9 A' 1104 1054 89.50      
10 A' 1046 998 16.87      
11 A' 787 751 76.69      
12 A' 394 376 2.55      
13 A' 248 237 10.39      
14 A" 3193 3047 11.36      
15 A" 3066 2926 46.71      
16 A" 1326 1266 0.05      
17 A" 1229 1173 0.36      
18 A" 1083 1034 5.89      
19 A" 812 775 0.14      
20 A" 245 234 151.91      
21 A" 129 123 14.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15902.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15177.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.99172 0.08203 0.07799

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.972 -0.553 0.000
C2 0.000 0.603 0.000
Cl3 -1.687 0.004 0.000
O4 2.259 0.027 0.000
H5 0.803 -1.174 0.888
H6 0.803 -1.174 -0.888
H7 0.132 1.218 0.887
H8 0.132 1.218 -0.887
H9 2.913 -0.674 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51082.71731.41101.09701.09702.15202.15201.9442
C21.51081.79062.33112.14352.14351.08761.08763.1805
Cl32.71731.79063.94612.89502.89502.36022.36024.6498
O41.41102.33113.94612.08552.08552.59442.59440.9586
H51.09702.14352.89502.08551.77632.48513.05422.3428
H61.09702.14352.89502.08551.77633.05422.48512.3428
H72.15201.08762.36022.59442.48513.05421.77473.4788
H82.15201.08762.36022.59443.05422.48511.77473.4788
H91.94423.18054.64980.95862.34282.34283.47883.4788

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 110.504 C1 C2 H7 110.780
C1 C2 H8 110.780 C1 O4 H9 108.767
C2 C1 O4 105.797 C2 C1 H5 109.539
C2 C1 H6 109.539 Cl3 C2 H7 107.658
Cl3 C2 H8 107.658 O4 C1 H5 111.907
O4 C1 H6 111.907 H5 C1 H6 108.115
H7 C2 H8 109.355
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.191      
2 C -0.527      
3 Cl -0.095      
4 O -0.580      
5 H 0.215      
6 H 0.215      
7 H 0.279      
8 H 0.279      
9 H 0.406      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.009 -1.146 0.000 2.313
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.221 -4.551 0.000
y -4.551 -30.143 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.618
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.341 -4.551 0.000
y -4.551 1.776 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.436
Polar
3z2-r2-0.871
x2-y2-2.078
xy-4.551
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.144 0.203 0.000
y 0.203 4.739 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.064


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.619
(<r2>)1/2 11.731