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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.422909
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.422909
Nuclear repulsion energy73.895065
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 M06-2X/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' 3540 3353 0.90      
2 A' 3227 3057 5.38      
3 A' 3073 2911 39.95      
4 A' 1600 1516 1.78      
5 A' 1520 1439 2.02      
6 A' 1473 1396 4.10      
7 A' 1264 1197 50.95      
8 A' 1029 975 38.09      
9 A' 991 938 44.27      
10 A' 620 587 22.99      
11 A' 358 339 35.17      
12 A" 3337 3161 7.95      
13 A" 3104 2940 48.93      
14 A" 1332 1262 0.00      
15 A" 1192 1129 1.11      
16 A" 856 811 0.02      
17 A" 400 379 155.73      
18 A" 108i 103i 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14403.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13642.7 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 M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
1.20275 0.32578 0.28522

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.110 -0.404 0.000
C2 0.000 0.560 0.000
C3 1.272 -0.227 0.000
H4 -1.958 0.115 0.000
H5 -0.037 1.204 0.888
H6 -0.037 1.204 -0.888
H7 1.641 -0.642 -0.929
H8 1.641 -0.642 0.929

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.47032.38840.99402.12762.12762.91342.9134
C21.47031.49552.00741.09781.09782.23632.2363
C32.38841.49553.24732.13282.13281.08231.0823
H40.99402.00743.24732.37972.37973.79283.7928
H52.12761.09782.13282.37971.77663.08632.4951
H62.12761.09782.13282.37971.77662.49513.0863
H72.91342.23631.08233.79283.08632.49511.8574
H82.91342.23631.08233.79282.49513.08631.8574

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 107.274 O1 C2 H5 111.054
O1 C2 H6 111.054 C2 O1 H4 107.515
C2 C3 H7 119.476 C2 C3 H8 119.476
C3 C2 H5 109.708 C3 C2 H6 109.708
H5 C2 H6 108.039 H7 C3 H8 118.206
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.568      
2 C -0.220      
3 C -0.334      
4 H 0.342      
5 H 0.188      
6 H 0.188      
7 H 0.202      
8 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.215 1.689 0.000 1.703
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.322 -2.956 0.000
y -2.956 -19.997 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.672
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.013 -2.956 0.000
y -2.956 -2.501 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.512
Polar
3z2-r2-1.025
x2-y23.676
xy-2.956
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.968 -0.506 0.000
y -0.506 2.822 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.010


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 50.769
(<r2>)1/2 7.125

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.424163
Energy at 298.15K-153.429048
HF Energy-153.424163
Nuclear repulsion energy74.234277
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 M06-2X/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 3575 3386 1.83      
2 A 3330 3154 3.16      
3 A 3203 3034 2.75      
4 A 2990 2832 47.25      
5 A 2957 2801 46.28      
6 A 1570 1487 3.26      
7 A 1482 1404 5.87      
8 A 1461 1384 0.82      
9 A 1279 1211 57.05      
10 A 1236 1170 3.08      
11 A 1115 1056 13.74      
12 A 1057 1001 44.92      
13 A 984 932 4.26      
14 A 884 837 13.75      
15 A 445 422 65.25      
16 A 418 396 37.59      
17 A 362 343 103.87      
18 A 236 223 25.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14291.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13536.8 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 M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
1.27765 0.33398 0.27968

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.114 -0.385 -0.037
C2 0.003 0.547 0.031
C3 1.249 -0.272 -0.029
H4 -1.958 0.131 0.025
H5 -0.024 1.136 0.966
H6 -0.011 1.272 -0.799
H7 2.213 0.203 -0.149
H8 1.181 -1.317 0.237

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.45612.36560.99082.12242.13163.38072.4917
C21.45611.49222.00411.10531.10212.24432.2146
C32.36561.49223.23222.14232.13641.08151.0808
H40.99082.00413.23222.37352.40214.17513.4627
H52.12241.10532.14232.37351.77042.66812.8278
H62.13161.10212.13642.40211.77042.55213.0327
H73.38072.24431.08154.17512.66812.55211.8777
H82.49172.21461.08083.46272.82783.03271.8777

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 106.709 O1 C2 H5 111.172
O1 C2 H6 112.128 C2 O1 H4 108.479
C2 C3 H7 120.554 C2 C3 H8 117.908
C3 C2 H5 110.247 C3 C2 H6 109.969
H5 C2 H6 106.652 H7 C3 H8 120.542
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.581      
2 C -0.203      
3 C -0.354      
4 H 0.348      
5 H 0.191      
6 H 0.192      
7 H 0.188      
8 H 0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.272 1.896 0.343 1.946
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.497 -2.015 -0.190
y -2.015 -19.044 -0.411
z -0.190 -0.411 -20.257
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.154 -2.015 -0.190
y -2.015 -1.167 -0.411
z -0.190 -0.411 -2.987
Polar
3z2-r2-5.974
x2-y23.548
xy-2.015
xz-0.190
yz-0.411


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.139 -0.158 -0.124
y -0.158 3.378 -0.120
z -0.124 -0.120 2.213


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 50.616
(<r2>)1/2 7.115