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All results from a given calculation for CH2CH2OH (2-hydroxy ethyl radical)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 2A'
1 2 yes C1 2A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.198492
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-154.198492
Nuclear repulsion energy74.280491
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 PBEPBE/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' 3627 3590 0.49      
2 A' 3079 3047 13.44      
3 A' 2895 2865 77.77      
4 A' 1483 1467 0.29      
5 A' 1442 1427 5.19      
6 A' 1398 1383 2.63      
7 A' 1214 1201 53.61      
8 A' 1029 1018 44.63      
9 A' 946 936 75.98      
10 A' 614 608 20.89      
11 A' 363 359 32.10      
12 A" 3182 3149 18.02      
13 A" 2923 2893 69.50      
14 A" 1249 1236 0.08      
15 A" 1136 1124 0.68      
16 A" 794 785 0.16      
17 A" 242 240 130.77      
18 A" 185i 183i 4.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13715.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13573.1 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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
ABC
1.24486 0.32514 0.28747

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.116 -0.383 0.000
C2 0.000 0.538 0.000
C3 1.264 -0.241 0.000
H4 -1.925 0.161 0.000
H5 -0.039 1.192 0.895
H6 -0.039 1.192 -0.895
H7 1.674 -0.631 -0.934
H8 1.674 -0.631 0.934

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.44752.38510.97482.10762.10762.95262.9526
C21.44751.48531.96141.10921.10922.24512.2451
C32.38511.48533.21462.13402.13401.09161.0916
H40.97481.96143.21462.32772.32773.80123.8012
H52.10761.10922.13402.32771.79083.09892.5017
H62.10761.10922.13402.32771.79082.50173.0989
H72.95262.24511.09163.80123.09892.50171.8677
H82.95262.24511.09163.80122.50173.09891.8677

picture of 2-hydroxy ethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 108.821 O1 C2 H5 110.347
O1 C2 H6 110.347 C2 O1 H4 106.497
C2 C3 H7 120.437 C2 C3 H8 120.437
C3 C2 H5 109.831 C3 C2 H6 109.831
H5 C2 H6 107.655 H7 C3 H8 117.618
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.530      
2 C -0.252      
3 C -0.400      
4 H 0.367      
5 H 0.191      
6 H 0.191      
7 H 0.217      
8 H 0.217      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.249 1.528 0.000 1.548
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.819 -2.885 0.000
y -2.885 -20.381 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.965
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.854 -2.885 0.000
y -2.885 -2.489 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.365
Polar
3z2-r2-0.730
x2-y23.562
xy-2.885
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.950 -0.522 0.000
y -0.522 3.658 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.666


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 50.839
(<r2>)1/2 7.130

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.200437
Energy at 298.15K-154.205081
HF Energy-154.200437
Nuclear repulsion energy74.655576
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 PBEPBE/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 3671 3632 3.41      
2 A 3201 3168 10.59      
3 A 3091 3059 7.57      
4 A 2861 2832 77.68      
5 A 2781 2752 79.31      
6 A 1455 1440 6.79      
7 A 1425 1411 3.22      
8 A 1380 1366 1.19      
9 A 1252 1239 64.71      
10 A 1183 1171 6.03      
11 A 1085 1074 44.53      
12 A 1056 1045 33.03      
13 A 936 926 18.37      
14 A 829 821 14.74      
15 A 458 453 36.84      
16 A 396 392 34.54      
17 A 290 287 102.78      
18 A 163 162 24.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13757.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13613.9 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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
ABC
1.32801 0.33180 0.28232

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.114 -0.380 -0.060
C2 -0.007 0.521 0.034
C3 1.251 -0.256 -0.017
H4 -1.920 0.133 0.115
H5 -0.058 1.103 0.987
H6 -0.022 1.274 -0.784
H7 2.200 0.241 -0.224
H8 1.246 -1.305 0.281

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.43012.36870.97102.10002.11033.37512.5573
C21.43011.47961.95361.11741.11252.23932.2279
C32.36871.47963.19762.13742.13301.09061.0901
H40.97101.95363.19762.27362.39084.13493.4808
H52.10001.11742.13742.27361.77942.70312.8279
H62.11031.11252.13302.39081.77942.51283.0644
H73.37512.23931.09064.13492.70312.51281.8850
H82.55732.22791.09013.48082.82793.06441.8850

picture of 2-hydroxy ethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 108.974 O1 C2 H5 110.442
O1 C2 H6 111.581 C2 O1 H4 107.353
C2 C3 H7 120.459 C2 C3 H8 119.443
C3 C2 H5 109.996 C3 C2 H6 109.939
H5 C2 H6 105.878 H7 C3 H8 119.628
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.533      
2 C -0.231      
3 C -0.432      
4 H 0.374      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.198      
7 H 0.208      
8 H 0.223      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.378 1.717 0.597 1.857
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.087 -1.791 -0.933
y -1.791 -19.511 -0.540
z -0.933 -0.540 -20.468
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.903 -1.791 -0.933
y -1.791 -1.234 -0.540
z -0.933 -0.540 -2.669
Polar
3z2-r2-5.338
x2-y23.424
xy-1.791
xz-0.933
yz-0.540


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.020 -0.343 -0.226
y -0.343 4.145 -0.099
z -0.226 -0.099 3.146


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 50.690
(<r2>)1/2 7.120