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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCH2OH (2-Chloroethanol)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.646564
Energy at 298.15K-613.652521
HF Energy-612.988792
Nuclear repulsion energy158.986200
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 CCSD(T)/6-31G**
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' 3888 3688        
2 A' 3160 2997        
3 A' 3065 2907        
4 A' 1582 1501        
5 A' 1542 1463        
6 A' 1495 1418        
7 A' 1347 1278        
8 A' 1259 1194        
9 A' 1099 1042        
10 A' 1053 999        
11 A' 801 760        
12 A' 395 375        
13 A' 253 240        
14 A" 3229 3063        
15 A" 3111 2951        
16 A" 1333 1265        
17 A" 1237 1173        
18 A" 1101 1045        
19 A" 816 774        
20 A" 237 224        
21 A" 134 127        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16068.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15241.3 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 CCSD(T)/6-31G**
ABC
0.98303 0.08147 0.07743

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.969 -0.564 0.000
C2 0.000 0.606 0.000
Cl3 -1.692 0.014 0.000
O4 2.270 0.018 0.000
H5 0.797 -1.184 0.887
H6 0.797 -1.184 -0.887
H7 0.145 1.217 0.888
H8 0.145 1.217 -0.888
H9 2.913 -0.700 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51882.72311.42531.09611.09612.15422.15421.9492
C21.51881.79262.34482.15092.15091.08781.08783.1924
Cl32.72311.79263.96212.90182.90182.36882.36884.6604
O41.42532.34483.96212.09782.09782.59672.59670.9637
H51.09612.15092.90182.09781.77502.48853.05682.3452
H61.09612.15092.90182.09781.77503.05682.48852.3452
H72.15421.08782.36882.59672.48853.05681.77543.4824
H82.15421.08782.36882.59673.05682.48851.77543.4824
H91.94923.19244.66040.96372.34522.34523.48243.4824

picture of 2-Chloroethanol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 110.365 C1 C2 H7 110.372
C1 C2 H8 110.372 C1 O4 H9 107.786
C2 C1 O4 105.543 C2 C1 H5 109.618
C2 C1 H6 109.618 Cl3 C2 H7 108.144
Cl3 C2 H8 108.144 O4 C1 H5 111.951
O4 C1 H6 111.951 H5 C1 H6 108.126
H7 C2 H8 109.382
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability