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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

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 MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.866110
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.586215
Nuclear repulsion energy73.432105
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3481 3312 2.42      
2 A' 3209 3053 7.49      
3 A' 3048 2900 46.41      
4 A' 1628 1548 2.40      
5 A' 1556 1481 0.27      
6 A' 1489 1416 5.44      
7 A' 1275 1213 55.14      
8 A' 1016 967 30.99      
9 A' 962 915 42.63      
10 A' 632 602 21.15      
11 A' 361 343 32.72      
12 A" 3320 3159 12.26      
13 A" 3081 2931 59.91      
14 A" 1350 1284 0.02      
15 A" 1196 1137 1.02      
16 A" 860 818 0.08      
17 A" 296 281 146.67      
18 A" 35i 33i 0.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14362.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13662.7 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
1.18998 0.32070 0.28056

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.121 -0.414 0.000
C2 0.000 0.564 0.000
C3 1.283 -0.222 0.000
H4 -1.959 0.121 0.000
H5 -0.039 1.209 0.888
H6 -0.039 1.209 -0.888
H7 1.654 -0.638 -0.927
H8 1.654 -0.638 0.927

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.48762.41100.99472.14342.14342.93432.9343
C21.48761.50432.00881.09851.09852.24542.2454
C32.41101.50433.26002.14132.14131.08241.0824
H40.99472.00883.26002.37912.37913.80703.8070
H52.14341.09852.14132.37911.77613.09482.5067
H62.14341.09852.14132.37911.77612.50673.0948
H72.93432.24541.08243.80703.09482.50671.8550
H82.93432.24541.08243.80702.50673.09481.8550

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 107.384 O1 C2 H5 111.063
O1 C2 H6 111.063 C2 O1 H4 106.349
C2 C3 H7 119.578 C2 C3 H8 119.578
C3 C2 H5 109.725 C3 C2 H6 109.725
H5 C2 H6 107.880 H7 C3 H8 117.938
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.867472
Energy at 298.15K-152.872127
HF Energy-152.587692
Nuclear repulsion energy73.762545
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 MP2/3-21G*
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 3515 3344 1.12      
2 A 3339 3177 5.21      
3 A 3217 3061 5.47      
4 A 3029 2881 59.44      
5 A 2984 2839 54.36      
6 A 1616 1537 2.69      
7 A 1522 1448 1.64      
8 A 1491 1418 4.51      
9 A 1299 1236 52.68      
10 A 1250 1189 3.78      
11 A 1112 1058 1.06      
12 A 1045 994 44.94      
13 A 1003 954 5.44      
14 A 881 838 17.72      
15 A 431 410 20.22      
16 A 390 371 58.64      
17 A 289 275 118.14      
18 A 160 152 20.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14285.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13589.8 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
1.25603 0.32964 0.27570

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.128 -0.382 -0.055
C2 0.004 0.545 0.033
C3 1.256 -0.273 -0.019
H4 -1.964 0.121 0.098
H5 -0.017 1.136 0.971
H6 0.017 1.283 -0.788
H7 2.212 0.195 -0.214
H8 1.218 -1.310 0.282

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.46542.38720.98692.14242.14933.39322.5458
C21.46541.49662.01381.10871.10422.24892.2308
C32.38721.49663.24622.14202.13241.08181.0805
H40.98692.01383.24622.36272.46124.18783.4939
H52.14241.10872.14202.36271.76492.69382.8260
H62.14931.10422.13242.46121.76492.51573.0513
H73.39322.24891.08184.18782.69382.51571.8707
H82.54582.23081.08053.49392.82603.05131.8707

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 107.397 O1 C2 H5 111.923
O1 C2 H6 112.779 C2 O1 H4 108.840
C2 C3 H7 120.579 C2 C3 H8 119.026
C3 C2 H5 109.703 C3 C2 H6 109.221
H5 C2 H6 105.794 H7 C3 H8 119.793
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability