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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHOH (ethenol)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.901819
Energy at 298.15K-152.906013
Nuclear repulsion energy69.565901
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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' 3539 3395 8.35      
2 A' 3276 3143 8.41      
3 A' 3221 3090 5.26      
4 A' 3178 3049 5.01      
5 A' 1707 1638 116.43      
6 A' 1494 1433 13.13      
7 A' 1395 1338 1.57      
8 A' 1362 1306 10.88      
9 A' 1100 1056 160.63      
10 A' 972 932 27.25      
11 A' 488 468 13.55      
12 A" 1028 987 31.07      
13 A" 879 843 121.09      
14 A" 714 685 0.02      
15 A" 508 487 149.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12429.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11924.8 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
2.02891 0.34192 0.29261

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.229 -0.076 0.000
C2 0.000 0.438 0.000
O3 -1.207 -0.237 0.000
H4 1.417 -1.146 0.000
H5 2.091 0.579 0.000
H6 -0.178 1.508 0.000
H7 -1.046 -1.216 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.33232.44181.08651.08252.11872.5450
C21.33231.38362.12562.09611.08421.9576
O32.44181.38362.77723.39812.02600.9920
H41.08652.12562.77721.85173.09642.4641
H51.08252.09613.39811.85172.45263.6146
H62.11871.08422.02603.09642.45262.8589
H72.54501.95760.99202.46413.61462.8589

picture of ethenol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 128.061 C1 C2 H6 122.174
C2 C1 H4 122.663 C2 C1 H5 120.102
C2 O3 H7 109.883 O3 C2 H6 109.765
H4 C1 H5 117.235
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.511      
2 C 0.056      
3 O -0.564      
4 H 0.195      
5 H 0.214      
6 H 0.242      
7 H 0.367      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.625 -0.975 0.000 1.158
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.998 1.470 0.000
y 1.470 -13.722 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.483
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.895 1.470 0.000
y 1.470 6.518 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.623
Polar
3z2-r2-7.246
x2-y2-6.275
xy1.470
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.871 -0.136 0.000
y -0.136 3.614 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.046


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000