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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.348517
Energy at 298.15K-614.354467
HF Energy-614.348517
Nuclear repulsion energy159.647668
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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3865 3704 23.74      
2 A' 3122 2992 19.83      
3 A' 3021 2895 44.76      
4 A' 1541 1477 2.22      
5 A' 1504 1442 4.92      
6 A' 1478 1416 1.33      
7 A' 1328 1272 0.39      
8 A' 1254 1202 66.67      
9 A' 1109 1063 89.37      
10 A' 1048 1004 17.16      
11 A' 791 758 75.43      
12 A' 395 379 2.62      
13 A' 249 238 10.31      
14 A" 3188 3055 10.71      
15 A" 3061 2934 46.13      
16 A" 1323 1268 0.04      
17 A" 1226 1175 0.32      
18 A" 1081 1036 5.96      
19 A" 811 777 0.14      
20 A" 247 236 151.29      
21 A" 130 125 14.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15883.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15224.3 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.99129 0.08217 0.07812

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.971 -0.554 0.000
C2 0.000 0.603 0.000
Cl3 -1.686 0.006 0.000
O4 2.257 0.024 0.000
H5 0.800 -1.176 0.889
H6 0.800 -1.176 -0.889
H7 0.134 1.219 0.888
H8 0.134 1.219 -0.888
H9 2.910 -0.678 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51032.71491.41001.09861.09862.15212.15211.9431
C21.51031.78822.32982.14352.14351.08911.08913.1795
Cl32.71491.78823.94252.89212.89212.36012.36014.6463
O41.41002.32983.94252.08692.08692.59272.59270.9593
H51.09862.14352.89212.08691.77842.48553.05562.3436
H61.09862.14352.89212.08691.77843.05562.48552.3436
H72.15211.08912.36012.59272.48553.05561.77663.4776
H82.15211.08912.36012.59273.05562.48551.77663.4776
H91.94313.17954.64630.95932.34362.34363.47763.4776

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 110.503 C1 C2 H7 110.732
C1 C2 H8 110.732 C1 O4 H9 108.699
C2 C1 O4 105.788 C2 C1 H5 109.482
C2 C1 H6 109.482 Cl3 C2 H7 107.734
Cl3 C2 H8 107.734 O4 C1 H5 111.989
O4 C1 H6 111.989 H5 C1 H6 108.070
H7 C2 H8 109.306
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.199      
2 C -0.534      
3 Cl -0.093      
4 O -0.576      
5 H 0.217      
6 H 0.217      
7 H 0.280      
8 H 0.280      
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
  2.019 -1.141 0.000 2.319
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.239 -4.532 0.000
y -4.532 -30.219 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.697
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.281 -4.532 0.000
y -4.532 1.749 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.468
Polar
3z2-r2-0.936
x2-y2-2.020
xy-4.532
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.143 0.198 0.000
y 0.198 4.761 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.086


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.473
(<r2>)1/2 11.725