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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G**

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=FULL/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.021101
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.489275
Nuclear repulsion energy74.855411
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=FULL/6-311G**
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' 3896 3696 21.44      
2 A' 3215 3050 7.90      
3 A' 3050 2893 59.73      
4 A' 1546 1466 0.56      
5 A' 1519 1441 5.32      
6 A' 1465 1389 3.19      
7 A' 1269 1204 57.83      
8 A' 1092 1036 87.25      
9 A' 1031 978 24.27      
10 A' 640 607 17.80      
11 A' 384 364 32.31      
12 A" 3331 3160 9.21      
13 A" 3097 2938 52.98      
14 A" 1322 1254 0.39      
15 A" 1199 1137 1.23      
16 A" 826 783 0.73      
17 A" 264 250 124.03      
18 A" 54i 51i 0.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14545.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13797.4 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=FULL/6-311G**
ABC
1.25108 0.33084 0.29177

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.108 -0.365 0.000
C2 0.000 0.540 0.000
C3 1.259 -0.255 0.000
H4 -1.897 0.181 0.000
H5 -0.027 1.184 0.889
H6 -0.027 1.184 -0.889
H7 1.633 -0.669 -0.927
H8 1.633 -0.669 0.927

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.43132.36970.95972.08792.08792.90942.9094
C21.43131.48931.93121.09761.09762.23322.2332
C32.36971.48933.18632.12492.12491.08191.0819
H40.95971.93123.18632.30102.30103.74743.7474
H52.08791.09762.12492.30101.77753.07972.4875
H62.08791.09762.12492.30101.77752.48753.0797
H72.90942.23321.08193.74743.07972.48751.8548
H82.90942.23321.08193.74742.48753.07971.8548

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 108.445 O1 C2 H5 110.610
O1 C2 H6 110.610 C2 O1 H4 106.057
C2 C3 H7 119.742 C2 C3 H8 119.742
C3 C2 H5 109.518 C3 C2 H6 109.518
H5 C2 H6 108.129 H7 C3 H8 118.010
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.022144
Energy at 298.15K-154.026876
HF Energy-153.490268
Nuclear repulsion energy75.094336
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=FULL/6-311G**
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 3919 3718 30.28      
2 A 3342 3171 5.27      
3 A 3220 3054 5.69      
4 A 3049 2892 57.80      
5 A 2985 2832 60.42      
6 A 1532 1454 5.27      
7 A 1500 1423 4.64      
8 A 1450 1376 0.66      
9 A 1305 1238 54.44      
10 A 1253 1189 16.66      
11 A 1150 1091 35.87      
12 A 1106 1049 35.20      
13 A 991 940 10.94      
14 A 879 834 14.22      
15 A 476 452 28.78      
16 A 409 388 28.93      
17 A 266 253 94.85      
18 A 176 167 24.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14504.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13759.4 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=FULL/6-311G**
ABC
1.33287 0.33608 0.28527

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.106 -0.380 -0.066
C2 -0.014 0.522 0.041
C3 1.248 -0.257 -0.034
H4 -1.899 0.125 0.123
H5 -0.056 1.070 0.999
H6 -0.034 1.277 -0.759
H7 2.185 0.246 -0.229
H8 1.256 -1.269 0.346

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
O11.42042.35740.95832.08322.09173.35462.5570
C21.42041.48491.92711.10441.10002.23352.2168
C32.35741.48493.17312.12782.12631.08161.0813
H40.95831.92713.17312.24822.36194.10073.4557
H52.08321.10442.12782.24821.77012.68562.7603
H62.09171.10002.12632.36191.77012.50423.0605
H73.35462.23351.08164.10072.68562.50421.8681
H82.55702.21681.08133.45572.76033.06051.8681

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 108.447 O1 C2 H5 110.569
O1 C2 H6 111.546 C2 O1 H4 106.599
C2 C3 H7 120.152 C2 C3 H8 118.656
C3 C2 H5 109.647 C3 C2 H6 109.792
H5 C2 H6 106.827 H7 C3 H8 119.471
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability