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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-252.869576
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-252.869576
Nuclear repulsion energy130.387477
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 B3LYP/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 3445 3314 5.34 53.63 0.24 0.39
2 A 3131 3012 39.47 61.71 0.46 0.63
3 A 3124 3005 28.19 76.50 0.46 0.63
4 A 3073 2956 27.52 91.32 0.17 0.29
5 A 3009 2895 48.77 103.94 0.25 0.41
6 A 1567 1507 2.19 6.93 0.73 0.84
7 A 1563 1504 1.31 17.97 0.74 0.85
8 A 1446 1391 32.45 6.45 0.64 0.78
9 A 1433 1379 26.43 8.52 0.74 0.85
10 A 1415 1361 5.39 13.89 0.75 0.86
11 A 1268 1220 10.66 12.98 0.73 0.84
12 A 1245 1198 15.30 12.63 0.75 0.86
13 A 1135 1092 2.68 3.13 0.55 0.71
14 A 1049 1009 43.34 5.55 0.67 0.80
15 A 1021 982 40.31 0.85 0.57 0.73
16 A 896 862 12.22 5.66 0.42 0.60
17 A 876 842 28.49 7.22 0.29 0.45
18 A 542 522 109.86 6.51 0.75 0.86
19 A 507 487 61.01 1.25 0.74 0.85
20 A 306 295 1.98 0.21 0.63 0.77
21 A 179 172 14.53 0.11 0.58 0.73

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16114.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15501.9 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 B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.47335 0.19818 0.15662

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.703 0.628 0.269
C2 -0.720 0.615 -0.271
O3 1.377 -0.582 -0.182
F4 -1.281 -0.639 0.163
H5 1.260 1.480 -0.126
H6 0.670 0.702 1.366
H7 -1.324 1.440 0.116
H8 -0.710 0.629 -1.364
H9 0.714 -1.304 0.006

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 F4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52271.45622.35641.09161.10012.18992.15961.9503
C21.52272.41641.44012.16562.14951.09351.09332.4117
O31.45622.41642.68072.06572.13183.38762.68660.9988
F42.35641.44012.68073.32062.65542.08042.06492.1083
H51.09162.16562.06573.32061.78332.59572.47702.8404
H61.10012.14952.13182.65541.78332.46723.05982.4246
H72.18991.09353.38762.08042.59572.46721.79573.4206
H82.15961.09332.68662.06492.47703.05981.79572.7640
H91.95032.41170.99882.10832.84042.42463.42062.7640

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 105.341 C1 C2 H7 112.631
C1 C2 H8 110.205 C1 O3 H9 103.627
C2 C1 O3 108.399 C2 C1 H5 110.786
C2 C1 H6 109.009 O3 C1 H5 107.481
O3 C1 H6 112.263
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.173      
2 C -0.108      
3 O -0.548      
4 F -0.298      
5 H 0.207      
6 H 0.187      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.207      
9 H 0.336      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.042 1.680 0.153 1.983
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.730 -0.216 1.356
y -0.216 -20.828 -0.393
z 1.356 -0.393 -23.179
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.727 -0.216 1.356
y -0.216 5.126 -0.393
z 1.356 -0.393 1.600
Polar
3z2-r23.201
x2-y2-7.902
xy-0.216
xz1.356
yz-0.393


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.588 -0.065 -0.061
y -0.065 3.977 0.057
z -0.061 0.057 3.216


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.965
(<r2>)1/2 8.886