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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-611.629181
Energy at 298.15K-611.635079
HF Energy-611.629181
Nuclear repulsion energy157.931642
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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
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' 3632 3442 5.70      
2 A' 3170 3004 7.59      
3 A' 3055 2896 28.26      
4 A' 1593 1510 2.45      
5 A' 1548 1467 8.74      
6 A' 1488 1410 1.30      
7 A' 1341 1271 0.48      
8 A' 1272 1206 53.81      
9 A' 1050 995 33.99      
10 A' 1017 964 39.45      
11 A' 765 725 74.57      
12 A' 385 365 2.62      
13 A' 253 240 12.83      
14 A" 3238 3069 3.22      
15 A" 3097 2936 43.98      
16 A" 1351 1281 0.87      
17 A" 1225 1161 0.19      
18 A" 1086 1030 2.94      
19 A" 843 799 0.71      
20 A" 231 219 161.22      
21 A" 120 114 18.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15880.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9478) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15051.4 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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
ABC
0.96642 0.08070 0.07665

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.975 -0.570 0.000
C2 0.000 0.604 0.000
Cl3 -1.702 -0.006 0.000
O4 2.279 0.062 0.000
H5 0.799 -1.186 0.891
H6 0.799 -1.186 -0.891
H7 0.143 1.211 0.892
H8 0.143 1.211 -0.892
H9 2.967 -0.642 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52532.73501.44891.09761.09762.15812.15811.9940
C21.52531.80782.34222.15292.15291.08851.08853.2181
Cl32.73501.80783.98112.90532.90532.38332.38334.7122
O41.44892.34223.98112.13052.13052.58412.58410.9845
H51.09762.15292.90532.13051.78292.48463.05852.4064
H61.09762.15292.90532.13051.78293.05852.48462.4064
H72.15811.08852.38332.58412.48463.05851.78423.4935
H82.15811.08852.38332.58413.05852.48461.78423.4935
H91.99403.21814.71220.98452.40642.40643.49353.4935

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 109.992 C1 C2 H7 110.188
C1 C2 H8 110.188 C1 O4 H9 108.551
C2 C1 O4 103.874 C2 C1 H5 109.246
C2 C1 H6 109.246 Cl3 C2 H7 108.168
Cl3 C2 H8 108.168 O4 C1 H5 112.848
O4 C1 H6 112.848 H5 C1 H6 108.619
H7 C2 H8 110.089
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.166      
2 C -0.524      
3 Cl -0.074      
4 O -0.581      
5 H 0.213      
6 H 0.213      
7 H 0.278      
8 H 0.278      
9 H 0.364      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.058 -1.199 0.000 2.382
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.880 -4.681 0.000
y -4.681 -29.698 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.189
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.437 -4.681 0.000
y -4.681 1.837 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.400
Polar
3z2-r2-0.801
x2-y2-2.182
xy-4.681
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.555 0.206 0.000
y 0.206 4.151 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.636


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.410
(<r2>)1/2 11.807