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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.518519
Energy at 298.15K-614.524400
HF Energy-614.518519
Nuclear repulsion energy159.016025
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3802 3637 28.01      
2 A' 3123 2988 16.36      
3 A' 3019 2888 41.72      
4 A' 1553 1486 2.49      
5 A' 1517 1451 4.86      
6 A' 1475 1411 3.09      
7 A' 1324 1267 0.61      
8 A' 1249 1195 59.41      
9 A' 1103 1055 82.44      
10 A' 1035 990 18.97      
11 A' 784 750 71.13      
12 A' 391 374 2.05      
13 A' 248 237 10.21      
14 A" 3189 3051 8.55      
15 A" 3058 2926 48.97      
16 A" 1315 1259 0.09      
17 A" 1221 1168 0.67      
18 A" 1080 1033 3.60      
19 A" 809 774 0.13      
20 A" 221 211 131.90      
21 A" 127 121 18.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15820.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15135.7 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.98336 0.08150 0.07747

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.975 -0.557 0.000
C2 0.000 0.607 0.000
Cl3 -1.692 0.009 0.000
O4 2.267 0.020 0.000
H5 0.800 -1.181 0.890
H6 0.800 -1.181 -0.890
H7 0.136 1.224 0.890
H8 0.136 1.224 -0.890
H9 2.914 -0.698 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51822.72681.41491.10061.10062.16092.16091.9444
C21.51821.79482.34162.15082.15081.09161.09163.1930
Cl32.72681.79483.95922.90122.90122.36882.36884.6605
O41.41492.34163.95922.09442.09442.60442.60440.9667
H51.10062.15082.90122.09441.77962.49493.06462.3445
H61.10062.15082.90122.09441.77963.06462.49492.3445
H72.16091.09162.36882.60442.49493.06461.77963.4937
H82.16091.09162.36882.60443.06462.49491.77963.4937
H91.94443.19304.66050.96672.34452.34453.49373.4937

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 110.502 C1 C2 H7 110.718
C1 C2 H8 110.718 C1 O4 H9 107.968
C2 C1 O4 105.882 C2 C1 H5 109.387
C2 C1 H6 109.387 Cl3 C2 H7 107.807
Cl3 C2 H8 107.807 O4 C1 H5 112.123
O4 C1 H6 112.123 H5 C1 H6 107.892
H7 C2 H8 109.192
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.072      
2 C -0.430      
3 Cl -0.075      
4 O -0.626      
5 H 0.166      
6 H 0.166      
7 H 0.229      
8 H 0.229      
9 H 0.415      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.916 -1.034 0.000 2.177
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.770 -4.377 0.000
y -4.377 -29.507 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.167
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.433 -4.377 0.000
y -4.377 1.961 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.528
Polar
3z2-r2-1.057
x2-y2-2.262
xy-4.377
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.792 0.161 0.000
y 0.161 4.536 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.033


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.073
(<r2>)1/2 11.750