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All results from a given calculation for CH2FCH2OH (2-fluoroethanol)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-252.990380
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-252.990380
Nuclear repulsion energy132.195879
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/6-311G*
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 4159 3761 42.65 51.04 0.31 0.48
2 A 3295 2980 63.05 50.74 0.73 0.84
3 A 3265 2953 61.24 90.86 0.25 0.41
4 A 3236 2927 29.59 103.93 0.21 0.34
5 A 3182 2878 61.76 107.70 0.22 0.36
6 A 1649 1491 2.71 3.80 0.72 0.84
7 A 1638 1481 2.67 10.07 0.75 0.86
8 A 1589 1437 41.43 2.59 0.27 0.42
9 A 1548 1400 36.72 2.38 0.72 0.84
10 A 1517 1372 10.55 9.01 0.75 0.86
11 A 1395 1261 12.39 9.25 0.70 0.82
12 A 1330 1203 30.18 4.63 0.72 0.83
13 A 1240 1122 28.94 4.25 0.53 0.69
14 A 1210 1095 88.60 3.42 0.74 0.85
15 A 1161 1050 85.98 2.47 0.75 0.85
16 A 974 881 17.52 5.33 0.36 0.53
17 A 939 849 48.08 5.63 0.31 0.48
18 A 561 508 15.74 0.95 0.74 0.85
19 A 425 384 151.72 2.31 0.74 0.85
20 A 335 303 35.63 0.49 0.59 0.74
21 A 168 152 12.99 0.04 0.40 0.57

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17407.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15743.5 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.54028 0.18530 0.15469

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.680 0.572 0.279
C2 -0.721 0.550 -0.276
O3 1.439 -0.500 -0.192
F4 -1.344 -0.598 0.156
H5 1.181 1.477 -0.038
H6 0.637 0.573 1.366
H7 -1.304 1.393 0.071
H8 -0.712 0.525 -1.357
H9 1.032 -1.308 0.067

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50721.39542.34091.08251.08792.15752.14851.9244
C21.50722.40311.37552.12972.13121.08251.08132.5776
O31.39542.40312.80612.00032.05503.34342.65210.9405
F42.34091.37552.80613.27432.60021.99361.98742.4817
H51.08252.12972.00033.27431.75662.48912.49602.7914
H61.08792.13122.05502.60021.75662.47353.03932.3203
H72.15751.08253.34341.99362.48912.47351.77313.5716
H82.14851.08132.65211.98742.49603.03931.77312.9034
H91.92442.57760.94052.48172.79142.32033.57162.9034

picture of 2-fluoroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 F4 108.509 C1 C2 H7 111.788
C1 C2 H8 111.138 C1 O3 H9 109.387
C2 C1 O3 111.710 C2 C1 H5 109.554
C2 C1 H6 109.356 O3 C1 H5 106.975
O3 C1 H6 111.087
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.161      
2 C -0.035      
3 O -0.655      
4 F -0.365      
5 H 0.207      
6 H 0.193      
7 H 0.192      
8 H 0.200      
9 H 0.425      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.561 1.435 0.369 1.585
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.685 -1.445 1.845
y -1.445 -20.516 -0.576
z 1.845 -0.576 -23.373
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.741 -1.445 1.845
y -1.445 6.013 -0.576
z 1.845 -0.576 1.727
Polar
3z2-r23.455
x2-y2-9.169
xy-1.445
xz1.845
yz-0.576


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.627 -0.064 -0.007
y -0.064 3.908 0.010
z -0.007 0.010 3.511


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.694
(<r2>)1/2 8.927