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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.607076
Energy at 298.15K-614.612973
HF Energy-614.607076
Nuclear repulsion energy159.438981
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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' 3907 3718 34.78      
2 A' 3134 2982 15.15      
3 A' 3030 2883 39.96      
4 A' 1546 1471 2.59      
5 A' 1509 1436 5.42      
6 A' 1473 1401 2.40      
7 A' 1318 1254 0.81      
8 A' 1245 1185 56.96      
9 A' 1118 1063 85.43      
10 A' 1041 990 20.06      
11 A' 793 754 71.20      
12 A' 395 376 2.05      
13 A' 249 237 10.09      
14 A" 3204 3049 7.09      
15 A" 3074 2925 45.26      
16 A" 1315 1252 0.08      
17 A" 1222 1163 0.77      
18 A" 1078 1025 3.38      
19 A" 808 769 0.14      
20 A" 218 207 129.73      
21 A" 127 121 17.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15901.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15130.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.98800 0.08193 0.07788

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.973 -0.557 0.000
C2 0.000 0.605 0.000
Cl3 -1.688 0.010 0.000
O4 2.261 0.017 0.000
H5 0.794 -1.179 0.888
H6 0.794 -1.179 -0.888
H7 0.137 1.222 0.888
H8 0.137 1.222 -0.888
H9 2.907 -0.694 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51552.72001.41061.09851.09852.15642.15641.9392
C21.51551.78962.33622.14552.14551.08951.08953.1840
Cl32.72001.78963.94872.89192.89192.36302.36304.6483
O41.41062.33623.94872.09052.09052.59842.59840.9607
H51.09852.14552.89192.09051.77522.48913.05752.3423
H61.09852.14552.89192.09051.77523.05752.48912.3423
H72.15641.08952.36302.59842.48913.05751.77633.4831
H82.15641.08952.36302.59843.05752.48911.77633.4831
H91.93923.18404.64830.96072.34232.34233.48313.4831

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 110.499 C1 C2 H7 110.686
C1 C2 H8 110.686 C1 O4 H9 108.232
C2 C1 O4 105.902 C2 C1 H5 109.287
C2 C1 H6 109.287 Cl3 C2 H7 107.834
Cl3 C2 H8 107.834 O4 C1 H5 112.256
O4 C1 H6 112.256 H5 C1 H6 107.800
H7 C2 H8 109.209
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.011      
2 C -0.365      
3 Cl -0.075      
4 O -0.554      
5 H 0.131      
6 H 0.131      
7 H 0.195      
8 H 0.195      
9 H 0.330      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.917 -1.012 0.000 2.168
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.752 -4.290 0.000
y -4.290 -29.486 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.133
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.443 -4.290 0.000
y -4.290 1.957 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.514
Polar
3z2-r2-1.028
x2-y2-2.266
xy-4.290
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.794 0.157 0.000
y 0.157 4.554 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.056


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.437
(<r2>)1/2 11.723