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

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-252.803570
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-252.803570
Nuclear repulsion energy130.431396
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 3585 3398 8.91 58.27 0.26 0.41
2 A 3169 3003 33.76 56.12 0.49 0.66
3 A 3162 2997 23.20 77.12 0.49 0.66
4 A 3106 2943 23.62 92.21 0.16 0.28
5 A 3053 2894 41.48 102.58 0.24 0.39
6 A 1574 1492 2.87 7.80 0.73 0.85
7 A 1570 1488 2.76 17.19 0.74 0.85
8 A 1455 1379 4.76 3.26 0.72 0.84
9 A 1444 1369 31.98 6.85 0.68 0.81
10 A 1427 1352 19.04 16.47 0.75 0.86
11 A 1285 1218 10.41 12.94 0.72 0.84
12 A 1262 1196 18.32 11.53 0.75 0.86
13 A 1147 1087 1.39 2.85 0.49 0.66
14 A 1081 1025 50.79 6.07 0.71 0.83
15 A 1043 989 47.50 0.84 0.59 0.74
16 A 914 867 10.42 5.70 0.43 0.60
17 A 888 842 31.20 7.15 0.29 0.44
18 A 519 492 12.99 3.57 0.75 0.86
19 A 494 468 175.57 3.64 0.74 0.85
20 A 307 291 3.14 0.18 0.61 0.76
21 A 145 138 18.38 0.11 0.68 0.81

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16314.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9478) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15462.6 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
0.48511 0.19370 0.15542

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.696 0.615 0.278
C2 -0.716 0.601 -0.277
O3 1.397 -0.564 -0.184
F4 -1.304 -0.629 0.163
H5 1.243 1.482 -0.094
H6 0.650 0.666 1.374
H7 -1.311 1.442 0.087
H8 -0.689 0.600 -1.369
H9 0.786 -1.316 0.011

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51801.44722.35841.09041.09842.17942.15191.9509
C21.51802.41551.43262.15602.14441.09231.09212.4524
O31.44722.41552.72422.05392.12113.38122.66640.9885
F42.35841.43262.72423.31802.63892.07222.05772.2048
H51.09042.15602.05393.31801.78102.56082.47702.8368
H61.09842.14442.12112.63891.78102.47043.05302.4091
H72.17941.09233.38122.07222.56082.47041.79393.4649
H82.15191.09212.66642.05772.47703.05301.79392.7832
H91.95092.45240.98852.20482.83682.40913.46492.7832

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 106.087 C1 C2 H7 112.191
C1 C2 H8 109.992 C1 O3 H9 104.876
C2 C1 O3 109.076 C2 C1 H5 110.422
C2 C1 H6 109.037 O3 C1 H5 107.236
O3 C1 H6 112.144
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 -0.207      
2 C -0.135      
3 O -0.576      
4 F -0.316      
5 H 0.230      
6 H 0.209      
7 H 0.209      
8 H 0.228      
9 H 0.357      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.970 1.663 0.194 1.935
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.046 -0.474 1.512
y -0.474 -20.405 -0.406
z 1.512 -0.406 -22.983
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.352 -0.474 1.512
y -0.474 5.609 -0.406
z 1.512 -0.406 1.743
Polar
3z2-r23.486
x2-y2-8.641
xy-0.474
xz1.512
yz-0.406


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.457 -0.044 -0.071
y -0.044 3.878 0.044
z -0.071 0.044 3.197


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.337
(<r2>)1/2 8.907